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hubble

/ˈhʌbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
hub-ble
IPA
/ˈhʌbəl/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.

Countable

name

An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.

name

The Hubble Space Telescope.

noun

A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.

noun

An uproar.

noun

A heap, as of work.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Hubald, Hucbalt, *Hugibald

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hubbles (plural)

Derived Forms

HST hubbly

Phrases

Hubble constant Hubble diagram Hubble expansion Hubble flow Hubble horizon Hubble law Hubble length Hubble parameter

Frequently Paired Words

Hubbel Hubbell

Rhymes With

double trouble bubble rubble stubble hubbell redouble air bubble nubble knubble fubble

Questions

How do you pronounce hubble?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌbəl/.
What does hubble mean?
An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
Where does hubble come from?
It is traced to Old High German.

How to pronounce hubble

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