Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kathy

/kˈæθi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: kathy
IPA: /kˈæθi/

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A diminutive of the female given names Katherine and Kathleen, also used as a formal given name.

Example Sentences

"During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy […] At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt […] When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Kath Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Kathy From Kath + -y.

Inflected Forms

Cathi (alternative) Cathie (alternative) Cathy (alternative) Kathi (alternative) Kathie (alternative)

Homonyms

kathie cathie kathi

Rhymes With

cathy homeopathy kathie olathe cathie kathi athey mathy

Questions

How do you pronounce kathy?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈæθi/.
What does kathy mean?: A diminutive of the female given names Katherine and Kathleen, also used as a formal given name.
Where does kathy come from?: Etymology tree English Kath Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Kathy From Kath + -y.

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