Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hillhouse

/hˈɪlhˌaʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
hill-house
IPA
/hˈɪlhˌaʊs/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A neighbourhood in Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1417)

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6955).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hyll (“hill”) + hūs (“house”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hillhouses (plural) Hillis (alternative)

Rhymes With

milhouse millhouse

Questions

How do you pronounce hillhouse?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɪlhˌaʊs/.
What does hillhouse mean?
A neighbourhood in Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1417)
Where does hillhouse come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce hillhouse

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