Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bywater

/bˈaɪwˌɔtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: by-wa-ter
IPA: /bˈaɪwˌɔtɚ/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

From by + water, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a lake or river.

Inflected Forms

Bywaters (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce bywater?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈaɪwˌɔtɚ/.
What does bywater mean?: A surname.
Where does bywater come from?: From by + water, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a lake or river.

How to pronounce bywater

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