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le havre

/lə ˈhɑːvɹə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
le havre
IPA
/lə ˈhɑːvɹə/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), a 19th-century French clipping of Le Havre-de-Grâce (“The Harbor of Grace”), a combination of its earlier Norman name Hable (“Harbor”) and the short-lived name Ville-de-Grâce, which it bore following its 1517 refounding by Francis I, referencing the supposedly miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary acquired by Cambrai Cathedral in 1450 and known in French as Notre-Dame de Grâce. Nearby Honfleur had similarly named its cathedral (subsequently destroyed by a landslide) in its honor.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /lə ˈhɑːvɹə/

Inflected Forms

Havre (alternative)

Synonyms

Franciscopolis Ville-de-Grâce Le Havre-de-Grâce Le Havre-de-Marat Havre-Marat

Questions

How do you pronounce le havre?
The recorded pronunciation is /lə ˈhɑːvɹə/.
What does le havre mean?
A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Where does le havre come from?
Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), a 19th-century French clipping of Le Havre-de-Grâce (“The Harbor of Grace”), a combination of its earlier Norman name Hable (“Harbor”) and the short-lived name Ville-de-Grâce, which it bore following its 1517 refounding by Francis I, referencing the supposedly miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary acquired by Cambrai Cathedral in 1450 and known in French as Notre-Dame de Grâce. Nearby Honfleur had similarly named its cathedral (subsequently destroyed by a landslide) in its honor.

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