Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dawkes

/dɔːks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dawkes
IPA: /dɔːks/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

Etymology

From a back-formation of Dawkin (“a Middle English diminutive of David”) + -s (“patronymic suffix”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Questions

How do you pronounce dawkes?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɔːks/.
What does dawkes mean?: A surname transferred from the given name.
Where does dawkes come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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