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birchall

/bˈɝkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
bir-chall
IPA
/bˈɝkəl/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Pixley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6538).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Leek parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9854).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from Old English birċe (“birch”) + hyll (“hill”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Birchalls (plural) Burchall (alternative) Burchill (alternative)

Homonyms

burchell burkle burkel birkel

Rhymes With

circle merkel encircle burchell merkle terkel burkle zirkle turkel pirkle heterocercal pirkl

Questions

How do you pronounce birchall?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɝkəl/.
What does birchall mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does birchall come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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