Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kilgour

/kˈɪlɡɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: kil-go-ur
IPA: /kˈɪlɡɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Fife, from Scottish Gaelic coille (“wood”) + gobhar (“goat”).

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: coille

Inflected Forms

Kilgours (plural) Kilgore (alternative) Killgore (alternative)

Rhymes With

pilger hilger dilger bilger

Questions

How do you pronounce kilgour?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪlɡɚ/.
What does kilgour mean?: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does kilgour come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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