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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leite

/lˈit/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
leite
IPA
/lˈit/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a German surname, from the female personal name Aleite, shortened from the name Adelheid. * As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads in Norway, from Old Norse leiti (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”). * As a Portuguese surname, from the noun leite (“milk”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, leiti, *hliþą, *ḱley-

Inflected Forms

Leites (plural)

Homonyms

leete

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

How to pronounce leite

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