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galbraith

/ɡˈælbɹˌeɪθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
gal-braith
IPA
/ɡˈælbɹˌeɪθ/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States, named after an Iowa senator.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Scottish ethnic surname from Scottish Gaelic gall (“stranger, foreigner”) + Breathnach (“Briton”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Galbraiths (plural) Colbath (alternative) Culbreath (alternative)

Derived Forms

Galbraithian

Questions

How do you pronounce galbraith?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈælbɹˌeɪθ/.
What does galbraith mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does galbraith come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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