Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forbes

/fɔɹbz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: forbes
IPA: /fɔɹbz/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.

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A ghost town in California.

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A township and village in Holt County, Missouri, named after John Murray Forbes.

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A minor city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States.

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A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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A town and local government area (Forbes Shire) in central-west New South Wales, Australia.

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A locality in the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɔɹbz/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Fawbush (alternative) Fobbs (alternative) Forbus (alternative) Forbush (alternative) Furbush (alternative)

Derived Forms

Forbestown

Phrases

Castle Forbes Bay Forbes Creek Forbes Park Forbes River Glen Forbes Mount Forbes

Rhymes With

absorbs

Questions

How do you pronounce forbes?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɔɹbz/.
What does forbes mean?: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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