Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hetherington

/hˈɛðɚɪŋtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables
het-her-ing-ton
IPA
/hˈɛðɚɪŋtən/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English hēahdēor (“deer, stag”) or hǣddre (“heather”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Hetheringtons (plural) Etherington (alternative) Heatherington (alternative)

Rhymes With

etherington wetherington

Questions

How do you pronounce hetherington?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɛðɚɪŋtən/.
What does hetherington mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does hetherington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce hetherington

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