Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finnerty

/fˈɪnɚti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: finner-ty
IPA: /fˈɪnɚti/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnachta (“descendant of Fionnachta”), a personal name composed of the elements fionn (“fair, white”) + sneachta (“snow”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó Fionnachta

Inflected Forms

Finnertys (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce finnerty?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɪnɚti/.
What does finnerty mean?: A surname from Irish.
Where does finnerty come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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