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fornes

/fˈɔɹnz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
fornes
IPA
/fˈɔɹnz/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Fornés, a respelling of Forners. * Borrowed from Norwegian Fornes, a habitational surname composed of the elements fura (“pine”) or for (“foremost”) and nes (“headland”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Fornés, Fornes

Inflected Forms

Forneses (plural)

Rhymes With

horns warns thorns mourns adorns corns borns scorns warnes forewarns

Questions

How do you pronounce fornes?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɔɹnz/.
What does fornes mean?
A surname.
Where does fornes come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

How to pronounce fornes

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