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dunne

/dʌn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
dunne
IPA
/dʌn/
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Duinn”), a byname from donn (“brown”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Dunnes (plural)

Homonyms

done dun dunn donne

Rhymes With

one done run fun son won sun gun none un begun ton

Questions

How do you pronounce dunne?
The recorded pronunciation is /dʌn/.
What does dunne mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does dunne come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce dunne

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