Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geralds

/dʒˈɛɹəldz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: ger-alds
IPA: /dʒˈɛɹəldz/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

plural of Gerald

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós Proto-Germanic *gaizaz Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t- Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.? Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider. Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti? Proto-Germanic *waldanąder. Proto-Germanic *waldaz Proto-Germanic *Gaizawaldaz Frankish *Gaiʀawaldbor. Old French Geraldbor. English Gerald English -s English Geralds From Gerald + -s (patronymic suffix). From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Geraldses (plural)

Rhymes With

heralds

Questions

How do you pronounce geralds?: The recorded pronunciation is /dʒˈɛɹəldz/.
What does geralds mean?: A surname.
Where does geralds come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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