Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kirkyard

/ˈkəːkjɑːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: kirk-yard
IPA: /ˈkəːkjɑːd/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.

Example Sentences

"The chapel reappears, however, along with the surrounding kirkyard, in 1593."
"It stands in the kirkyard only six miles from the battle site […]"

Etymology

From kirk + yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkəːkjɑːd/

Inflected Forms

kirkyards (plural)

Rhymes With

workyard

Questions

How do you pronounce kirkyard?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkəːkjɑːd/.
What does kirkyard mean?: A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
Where does kirkyard come from?: From kirk + yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.

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