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finney

/fˈɪni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
finney
IPA
/fˈɪni/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in King County, Texas, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in Cheshire, from either Old English finig (“heap”) or finn (“coarse grass”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Finneys (plural) Fenney (alternative) Finnie (alternative) Phinney (alternative)

Phrases

Finney County

Homonyms

phinney finnie

Rhymes With

mini guinea skinny minnie winnie mckinney ginny vinny vinnie kinney pliny tinny

Questions

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

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