Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ginnel

/ˈɡɪnəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gin-nel
IPA: /ˈɡɪnəl/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.

Example Sentences

"[…]maks things as pleasant as stondin in a ginnel ov a wyndy neet waitin o'th' sweetheart comin out."
"At the end of a short side-street a narrow ginnel with concrete bollards led into the surprisingly wide area in which the blocks of flats stood."
"Pssht, get over here, whoopie / Finish him like Sub-Zero / Out the window, into the garden / Over the fence and straight through the ginnel"

Etymology

From dialectal ginn (“a road or passage down to the sea”) + -el (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Old English gin (“an opening, gap, abyss”) or Old Norse gin (“throat, gullet, maw”), both from Proto-Germanic *giną (“throat, gullet”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: gin, *giną
Suffix: ginn

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɡɪnəl/

Inflected Forms

ginnels (plural) gennel (alternative)

Derived Forms

snickelway

Synonyms

ennog snicket twitchel

Rhymes With

intestinal spinel spinnel

Questions

How do you pronounce ginnel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɪnəl/.
What does ginnel mean?: A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
Where does ginnel come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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