Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faver

/fˈeɪvɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
faver
IPA
/fˈeɪvɚ/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from French.

Etymology

* As a French surname, variant of Favre or Lefèvre. Compare Favor. * As an English surname, variant of Feaver. * Also as an English surname, sometimes a nickname based on the noun favor. * Also as an English surname of Breton origin, from the noun fav (“broad bean”), from Proto-Brythonic *fav, from Latin faba (“bean”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Favers (plural)

Homonyms

favour faivre

Rhymes With

favor favour flavor waiver saver savor favre braver shaver waver engraver laver

Questions

How do you pronounce faver?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈeɪvɚ/.
What does faver mean?
A surname from French.
Where does faver come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce faver

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