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caen

/kɑn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
caen
IPA
/kɑn/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Caen, Cane, Cadomy, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Caen.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Caen, Caem, *Catumagus

Homonyms

con conn

Rhymes With

an can than man one-man plan began san fan japan ran van

Questions

How do you pronounce caen?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑn/.
What does caen mean?
A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
Where does caen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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