Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chilvers

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: chil-vers
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of chilver

name

Etymology

From Chilver + 's (“son or family of Chilver”), from Old English Ċēolfriþ, from ċēol (“ship, boat”) + friþ (“peace”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Ċēolfriþ

Questions

What does chilvers mean?: plural of chilver
Where does chilvers come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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