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bretton

/bɹˈɛtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
bret-ton
IPA
/bɹˈɛtən/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Brettons (plural)

Phrases

Bretton Woods Broughton and Bretton Monk Bretton

Rhymes With

threaten tibetan breton sletten betten betton jetton vanetten

Questions

How do you pronounce bretton?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈɛtən/.
What does bretton mean?
A placename:
Where does bretton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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