Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garman

/ɡˈɑɹmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: gar-man
IPA: /ɡˈɑɹmən/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from Mac Gormáin (“son of Gormán”) and Ó Gormáin (“descendant of Gormán”); see Gorman. Also compare Garmon. * As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Gormund, from Old English Gārmund, presumably from gar (“spear”) + mund (“protection”). * Also as an English surname, from gore (“triangular piece of land”) + man. Compare Gore. * As a German surname, Americanized from Garmann, Gärmann, from Ger (“spear”) + Mann. * Also as a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare German.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Gārmund

Inflected Forms

Garmans (plural)

Homonyms

garmon

Rhymes With

carmen harmon harman carmine armin barman jarman sharman carman starman karman farman

Questions

How do you pronounce garman?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɑɹmən/.
What does garman mean?: A surname.
Where does garman come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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