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kemb

/ˈkɛm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kemb
IPA
/ˈkɛm/
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of comb.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of comb.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (“to comb”). Cognate with Dutch kemmen (“to comb”), German kämmen (“to comb”), Danish kæmme (“to comb”), Icelandic kemba (“to comb; card; debug”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

kembs (present, singular) kembing (participle, present) kembed (participle, past) kembed (past) kempt (participle, past) kempt (past) kembs (plural)

Derived Forms

kembster unkembed unkempt

Rhymes With

them em stem dem gem condemn chem bdsm rem prem ahem sem

Questions

How do you pronounce kemb?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɛm/.
What does kemb mean?
Obsolete form of comb.
Where does kemb come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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