Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guiscard

/ɡiːˈskɑːr/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: guis-card
IPA: /ɡiːˈskɑːr/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily

Etymology

Via Medieval Latin Guiscardus, Italian Guiscardo, Old French Guischart (literally “crafty rogue, trickster”), via Old Northern French guische (“ruse”) from Old Norse vizkr (“clever”) + harðr (“hard”); compare suffix -ard in Richard.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: *weyd-, Guiscardus, Guiscardo, Guischart, guische, vizkr
Suffix: -ard

Synonyms

Robert Guiscard

Questions

How do you pronounce guiscard?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡiːˈskɑːr/.
What does guiscard mean?: the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily
Where does guiscard come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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