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chilton

/tʃˈɪltən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
chilton
IPA
/tʃˈɪltən/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

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A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

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A place in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Chiltons (plural)

Phrases

Chilton Cantelo Chilton County Chilton Foliat

Rhymes With

milton hilton wilton tilton stilton hylton bilton kilton

Questions

How do you pronounce chilton?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈɪltən/.
What does chilton mean?
A surname.
Where does chilton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce chilton

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