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hailstone

/ˈheɪlstoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
hail-stone
IPA
/ˈheɪlstoʊn/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hailston, hagolstān, *haglastain, *haglastainaz

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈheɪlstoʊn/

Inflected Forms

hailstones (plural)

Phrases

hailstone number

Questions

How do you pronounce hailstone?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈheɪlstoʊn/.
What does hailstone mean?
A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
Where does hailstone come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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