Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuthbert

/ˈkʌθ.bɜːɹt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: cuth-bert
IPA: /ˈkʌθ.bɜːɹt/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Old English.

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Example Sentences

""What's the first name?" […] "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!" "Good God!" said Archie. "It couldn't really be that, could it?" Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest. "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker.""

Etymology

Name of early English saints, from Old English Cūþbeorht (“brightly known, famous”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Cūþbeorht

Derived Forms

Cuthbertian Cuthbertson

Phrases

Holme St Cuthbert St Cuthbert Out St Cuthbert Without

Questions

How do you pronounce cuthbert?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌθ.bɜːɹt/.
What does cuthbert mean?: A male given name from Old English.
Where does cuthbert come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce cuthbert

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