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heloise

/hɛləʊˈiːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
heloise
IPA
/hɛləʊˈiːz/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from French.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Heloisa under influence from French Héloïse, probably from French Éloi + -se (“-ess: feminizing nouns”), from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”). Sometimes alternatively derived from Proto-Germanic reconstructed as *Hailawidiz, from *hailagaz (“holy”) or *hailaz (“whole, healthful”) and *widuz (“wood, forest”). As an English name, chiefly after Peter Abelard's beloved nun Heloise. Doublet of Eloise.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Heloisa, Héloïse, Éloi, Eligius, ēligō, -

Inflected Forms

Heloïse (alternative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce heloise?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɛləʊˈiːz/.
What does heloise mean?
A female given name from French.
Where does heloise come from?
It is traced to French.

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