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fenby

/ˈfɛn.bi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
fen-by
IPA
/ˈfɛn.bi/
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

noun

A feminine non-binary person.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a village in Lincolnshire, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Fenbys (plural) fenbies (plural)

Synonyms

femenby femby finby finenby galby girlby womanby

Antonyms

mascby

Rhymes With

enby

Questions

How do you pronounce fenby?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɛn.bi/.
What does fenby mean?
A surname.
Where does fenby come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce fenby

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