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chaffin

/tʃˈæfɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
chaf-fin
IPA
/tʃˈæfɪn/
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Etymology

A nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf (“bald”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Chaffins (plural) Caffyn (alternative) Chafen (alternative) Chaffins (alternative)

Homonyms

chafin

Rhymes With

laffin chafin daffin

Questions

How do you pronounce chaffin?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈæfɪn/.
What does chaffin mean?
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Where does chaffin come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce chaffin

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