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frisby

/fɹˈɪsbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
fris-by
IPA
/fɹˈɪsbi/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK707013).

Countable; Uncountable

name

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

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old Norse frisir (“Frisians”) + býr (“settlement”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Frisbys (plural)

Phrases

Frisby on the Wreake

Homonyms

frisbie

Rhymes With

frisbee bisbee frisbie grisby lisby

Questions

How do you pronounce frisby?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɹˈɪsbi/.
What does frisby mean?
A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK707013).
Where does frisby come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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