Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dwindles

/dwˈɪndəlz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: dwin-dles
IPA: /dwˈɪndəlz/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dwindle

noun

Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people.

Colloquial

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

the dwindles (canonical, plural)

Rhymes With

swindles bindles

Questions

How do you pronounce dwindles?: The recorded pronunciation is /dwˈɪndəlz/.
What does dwindles mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of dwindle

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