Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

landlady

/ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: land-la-dy
IPA: /ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female landlord.

Example Sentences

"In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat."
"Yet Clacton, like every other station at a big seaside resort, is bedevilled by the traditional insistence of boarding-house landladies that their clients must arrive on Saturday before lunch and leave on Saturday after breakfast."

Etymology

From land + lady.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/
British English: /ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/

Inflected Forms

landladies (plural)

Derived Forms

landladyish slumlady

Phrases

old lady

Frequently Paired Words

old lady

Questions

How do you pronounce landlady?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/.
What does landlady mean?: A female landlord.
Where does landlady come from?: From land + lady.

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