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colville

/kˈɑlvɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
colville
IPA
/kˈɑlvɪl/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Norman.

Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Colleville, in Normandy, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse kol (“coal”) + the French habitational suffix -ville.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Colvilles (plural) Colvile (alternative)

Phrases

Carlton Colville Weston Colville

Questions

How do you pronounce colville?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑlvɪl/.
What does colville mean?
A surname from Norman.
Where does colville come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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