Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

herber

/hˈɝbɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: her-ber
IPA: /hˈɝbɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium

name

Etymology

From Middle English herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”). Doublet of arbour.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: herber

Inflected Forms

herbers (plural)

Rhymes With

gerber berber kerber thurber ferber werber surber

Questions

How do you pronounce herber?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɝbɚ/.
What does herber mean?: A garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium
Where does herber come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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