Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaby

/ˈɡæbi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: ga-by
IPA: /ˈɡæbi/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from French.

name

A surname from French.

noun

A stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.

British usage

Example Sentences

"I daresay I made a gaby of myself to the world"
"His wrath, then, was proportionately violent when he was aware of two boys, who stopped close by him, and one of whom, a fat gaby of a fellow, pointed at him and called him "Young mammy-sick!""
""[Y]ou're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last epithet."
""You pair of gabeys!" she exclaimed. "You'll see him before the night's out.""

Etymology

Short form of Gabrielle.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Gaby

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Gabby (alternative) Gabys (plural) gabies (plural) gabey (alternative)

Synonyms

guffin nincompoop fool

Homonyms

gayby gabby

Rhymes With

abbey abby shabby gabby abbie tabby flabby cabbie crabby abbe cabby abie

Questions

How do you pronounce gaby?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡæbi/.
What does gaby mean?: A female given name from French.
Where does gaby come from?: It is traced to French.

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