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garofalo

/ɡɑɹoʊfˈɑloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
garo-fa-lo
IPA
/ɡɑɹoʊfˈɑloʊ/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Italian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Garofalo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Garofalos (plural) Garafola (alternative)

Rhymes With

follow hollow swallow apollo gonzalo wallow rollo malo ruffalo salo calo manalo

Questions

How do you pronounce garofalo?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɑɹoʊfˈɑloʊ/.
What does garofalo mean?
A surname from Italian.
Where does garofalo come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce garofalo

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