Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bryony

/ˈbɹaɪəni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: bry-ony
IPA: /ˈbɹaɪəni/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A female given name from English.

Example Sentences

"On a sudden a low breath / Of tender air made tremble in the hedge / The fragil bindweed-bells and briony rings; […]"
"I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony."

Etymology

From Middle English brionie, from Latin bryōnia (“bryony”), from Ancient Greek βρυωνία (bruōnía, “bryony”), from βρύω (brúō).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: brionie, bryōnia, βρυωνία

Usage

Inflected Forms

bryonies (plural) briony (alternative)

Derived Forms

bryonin

Phrases

black bryony white bryony

Synonyms

briony

Questions

How do you pronounce bryony?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹaɪəni/.
What does bryony mean?: A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).
Where does bryony come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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