Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iseult

/ɪˈsuːlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: iseult
IPA: /ɪˈsuːlt/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Example Sentences

"Just as he finished, the daughter came in, Iseult. A name out of the past, a darkly Celtic presence: jet-black hair, the same as Minogue had had, tall."

Etymology

Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).

Origin

Source language: Old High German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *Adsiltia, is, *hildi

Inflected Forms

Isolde (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce iseult?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈsuːlt/.
What does iseult mean?: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Where does iseult come from?: It is traced to Old High German.

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