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hertford

/ˈhɑɹtfɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
hert-ford
IPA
/ˈhɑɹtfɚd/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).

name

A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States.

name

Ellipsis of Hertford College, Oxford.

Informal

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Hertford, Heorotford

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/
  • British English: /ˈhɑːtfəd/

Usage

Derived Forms

Hertfordshire

Phrases

Hertford County

Homonyms

hartford

Questions

How do you pronounce hertford?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/.
What does hertford mean?
A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).
Where does hertford come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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