Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bernal

/bˈɝnəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: bernal
IPA: /bˈɝnəl/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

name

An unincorporated community in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.

Etymology

From Spanish Bernal.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Bernal

Homonyms

burnell

Rhymes With

journal internal external colonel eternal maternal kernel paternal nocturnal fraternal infernal diurnal

Questions

How do you pronounce bernal?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɝnəl/.
What does bernal mean?: A city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
Where does bernal come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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