Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fleadh

/flɑː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: fleadh
IPA: /flɑː/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Irish music festival with competitions for the best performance on various instruments.

Etymology

From Irish fleadh, classical/dialectal/superseded spelling of fleá, from Old Irish fled, from Proto-Celtic *wlidā.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: *welh₁-, fleadh, fled, *wlidā

Inflected Forms

fleadhs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce fleadh?: The recorded pronunciation is /flɑː/.
What does fleadh mean?: An Irish music festival with competitions for the best performance on various instruments.
Where does fleadh come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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