Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breedon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
bree-don
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Breedon on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the unattested Proto-Celtic word *brez (“hill”) (compare *brixs) + Old English dūn (“hill”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Breedons (plural) Breeden (alternative)

Questions

What does breedon mean?
A surname.
Where does breedon come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce breedon

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