cullen
/ˈkʌlən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village and former royal burgh in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5167).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A former hamlet in Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor who starred as the heroic Optimus Prime in a convoy of Transformers films, TV shows and video games and as the gloomy Eeyore in dozens of Winnie the Pooh projects, has died. He was 85. […] The Montreal-born Cullen also voiced King Kong for the 1976 remake and the evil K.A.R.R. (short for Knight Automated Roving Robot) on Knight Rider series in 1982 and 2009, and he came up with the scary clicking sounds that emerged from the mouth of the monster in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring Predator (1987)."
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic cuilinn.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cuilinn
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkʌlən/
- British English: /ˈkʌlən/