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chesney

/tʃˈɛsni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
ches-ney
IPA
/tʃˈɛsni/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname from Anglo-Norman.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

noun

An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it

Etymology

From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, *cassanus, kassanos

Inflected Forms

Chesneys (plural) Chainey (alternative) Chaney (alternative) Cheeney (alternative) Cheney (alternative) Cheyne (alternative) Cheyney (alternative)

Phrases

Chesney Vale

Questions

How do you pronounce chesney?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈɛsni/.
What does chesney mean?
An English surname from Anglo-Norman.
Where does chesney come from?
From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).

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