Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hortense

/ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: hort-ense
IPA: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from French.

name

An unincorporated community in Brantley County, Georgia, United States.

Example Sentences

"Her name was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had scarcely even heard so fine a name as Mabel Hortense."

Etymology

From the French form of the Latin Hortēnsia, feminine form of Hortēnsius (“name of a Roman gens”), probably derived from hortēnsis (“having to do with gardens”) on the basis that the first to bear the name was a gardener.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Hortēnsia

Questions

How do you pronounce hortense?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/.
What does hortense mean?: A female given name from French.
Where does hortense come from?: It is traced to French.

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