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brindley

/bɹˈɪndli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
brind-ley
IPA
/bɹˈɪndli/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Brindleys (plural) Brinley (alternative)

Phrases

Brindley Heath

Rhymes With

findlay lindley hindley findley grindley windley kindley

Questions

How do you pronounce brindley?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈɪndli/.
What does brindley mean?
A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534).
Where does brindley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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