Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coviello

/kˌoʊviˈɛloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: coviel-lo
IPA: /kˌoʊviˈɛloʊ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Borrowed from a Romance language, related to Covillo, likely derived from a masculine noun (thus the -o inflection). The 2010 US Census finding that the name 'Coviello' was most commonly held by white people suggests it is not a Latin-American Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese surname, though possibly from their European counterparts or Italian.

Inflected Forms

Coviellos (plural)

Rhymes With

fellow yellow mellow cello costello melo marcelo bello othello belo jello monticello

Questions

How do you pronounce coviello?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˌoʊviˈɛloʊ/.
What does coviello mean?: A surname.
Where does coviello come from?: Borrowed from a Romance language, related to Covillo, likely derived from a masculine noun (thus the -o inflection). The 2010 US Census finding that the name 'Coviello' was most commonly held by white people suggests it is not a Latin-American Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese surname, though possibly from their European counterparts or Italian.

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