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gilmour

/ʒɪlmˈʊɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
gilmour
IPA
/ʒɪlmˈʊɹ/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Greene County and Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Variant of Gilmore, from Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Gilmours (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

How to pronounce gilmour

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