Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bove

/bʌv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: bove
IPA: /bʌv/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Colloquial

name

Example Sentences

"Her Sea-god syre she dearely did perswade, T'endow her sonne with threasure and rich store, Boue all the sonnes, that were of earthly wombes ybore."
"Homan, who was on the ground in Chicago, maintained it was a “criminal operation.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was also in Chicago on Sunday to observe immigration enforcement operations."

Etymology

Probably an apheretic form of above. Alternatively, this word may continue Middle English bove, boven, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from *bi (“by”) + *ufanā (“from above”). Compare West Frisian boppe, Dutch boven and Low German baven, boven.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bove, bufan, *biobanā

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

'bove (alternative) Boves (plural)

Rhymes With

nov drove grove stove cove trove hove gove clove rove tov strove

Questions

How do you pronounce bove?: The recorded pronunciation is /bʌv/.
What does bove mean?: Above.
Where does bove come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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