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chumbley

/tʃˈʌmbli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
chum-b-ley
IPA
/tʃˈʌmbli/
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

A pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡sʌmliː/ under influence from other words spelled with an archaic silent ⟨b⟩ such as crumb and comb.

Inflected Forms

Chumbleys (plural)

Rhymes With

humbly bumbly crumbley

Questions

How do you pronounce chumbley?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈʌmbli/.
What does chumbley mean?
A surname.
Where does chumbley come from?
A pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡sʌmliː/ under influence from other words spelled with an archaic silent ⟨b⟩ such as crumb and comb.

How to pronounce chumbley

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