Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

edwin

/ˈɛdwɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: ed-win
IPA: /ˈɛdwɪn/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Old English.

name

Edwin of Northumbria.

name

name

An unincorporated community in Henry County, Alabama, United States.

Example Sentences

"Aside from a ticket for driving without a license, for which he paid a fine, Walter Valladares had no criminal record, his brother Edwin Valladares told CNN."

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Ēadwine, *Audawini, *Audawiniz

Frequently Paired Words

Alvin Alwin Baldwin Darwin Edgar Edith Edmund Edrick

Questions

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

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