Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cashel

/ˈkæʃəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: cashel
IPA: /ˈkæʃəl/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.

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A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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A village in County Galway, Ireland.

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A village in County Mayo, Ireland, officially called An Caiseal.

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A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.

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A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.

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Example Sentences

"A cashel is basically a ringfort (a circulr living area surrounded by an earthen bank and ditch) in which the bank surrounding the settlement is a stone wall; often, cashels did not have a surrounding ditch."

Etymology

From Irish caiseal, from Old Irish caisel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of castell, castellum, castle, and château.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: caiseal, caisel, castellum

Inflected Forms

cashels (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cashel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæʃəl/.
What does cashel mean?: In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.
Where does cashel come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce cashel

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