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brompton

/ˈbɹɒm(p)tən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
bromp-ton
IPA
/ˈbɹɒm(p)tən/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A number of places in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A borough in the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bromptons (plural)

Phrases

Brompton boiler Brompton-by-Sawdon Brompton cocktail Brompton mixture Brompton-on-Swale Brompton Regis Chirbury with Brompton New Brompton

Questions

How do you pronounce brompton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɒm(p)tən/.
What does brompton mean?
A number of places in England:
Where does brompton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce brompton

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