clyde
/klaɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A major river in Scotland, flowing from South Lanarkshire council area, past North Lanarkshire council area, through Glasgow council area, and past Renfrewshire council area and West Dunbartonshire council area, to the Firth of Clyde.
Uncountable
name
A community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”)."
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Cluaidh, the name of a river in Scotland, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Cluaidh
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /klaɪd/
- British English: /klaɪd/
Usage
- Uncountable
- American usage