Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

egli

/ˈɛɡli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: egli
IPA: /ˈɛɡli/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

* As a Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from a pet form of the old name Egenolf, see Egloff. Also found in Germany and France (Alsace). * As a rare Norwegian surname, from a farm named Eikeli, from eik (“oak”) + li (“slope”).

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Eglis (plural)

Rhymes With

begley negley kegley fegley phegley

Questions

How do you pronounce egli?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛɡli/.
What does egli mean?: A surname.
Where does egli come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

How to pronounce egli

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