Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forder

/ˈfɔɹdɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: forder
IPA: /ˈfɔɹdɚ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who fords (a stream, river, etc.)

name

name

A hamlet in Saltash parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4158).

Example Sentences

"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt Hundreds of snakes had sought refuge in it, and as many of them remained under water, the forders were not able to see them until they almost came in contact with the reptiles."
"1991, Seamus Heaney, Seeing Things, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, Part II, Settings xiii, p. 67, Re-enter this as the adult of solitude, The silence-forder and the definite Presence you sensed withdrawing first time round."

Etymology

From ford + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ford

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɔɹdɚ/
British English: /ˈfɔːdə/

Inflected Forms

forders (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce forder?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɔɹdɚ/.
What does forder mean?: One who fords (a stream, river, etc.)
Where does forder come from?: From ford + -er.

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