Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kornegay

/kˈɔɹnɪɡeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: ko-rne-gay
IPA: /kˈɔɹnɪɡeɪ/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Kornegger.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Kornegger

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kornegays (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce kornegay?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɔɹnɪɡeɪ/.
What does kornegay mean?: A surname from German.
Where does kornegay come from?: It is traced to German.

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