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bernards

/bɚnˈɑɹdz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
bernards
IPA
/bɚnˈɑɹdz/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of bernard

name

A surname.

name

A township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bernards, patronymic from the name Bernard. This name is also found in Latvia, of the same sense.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Bernardses (plural)

Derived Forms

Bernardsville

Rhymes With

cards yards guards regards shards retards discards disregards hards

Questions

How do you pronounce bernards?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɚnˈɑɹdz/.
What does bernards mean?
plural of bernard
Where does bernards come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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