Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gatineau

/ˈɡætinoʊ/ [ˈɡaɾinoʊ]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: gatineau
IPA: /ˈɡætinoʊ/ [ˈɡaɾinoʊ]

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and regional county municipality in the Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada, on the Quebec-Ontario border.

name

A river in Quebec, Canada; a tributary of the Ottawa river.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Gatineau.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Gatineau

Phrases

Gatineau-Hull Hull-Gatineau Mega-Gatineau Ottawa-Gatineau

Questions

How do you pronounce gatineau?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡætinoʊ/ [ˈɡaɾinoʊ].
What does gatineau mean?: A city and regional county municipality in the Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada, on the Quebec-Ontario border.
Where does gatineau come from?: It is traced to French.

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