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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leven

/ˈlɛvən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
lev-en
IPA
/ˈlɛvən/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

num

Pronunciation spelling of eleven.

noun

Alternative spelling of levin (“lightning”).

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete spelling of leaven.

Obsolete

name

A coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3800).

name

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1045).

name

A short river in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which flows from Loch Lomond to the Firth of Clyde.

name

A river in Perth and Kinross council area and Fife council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Leven to the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven.

name

A short river in Cumbria, England, which flows from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.

Etymology

See eleven.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

'leven (alternative) leben (alternative) levens (present, singular) levening (participle, present) levened (participle, past) levened (past) Levens (plural)

Derived Forms

Levenmouth

Phrases

fifty-leven forty-leven ninety-leven thirty-leven twenty-leven Loch Leven

Homonyms

leaven

Rhymes With

stephen steven uneven kievan beaven kleven seven heaven kevin fifty-seven eleven up to eleven

Questions

How do you pronounce leven?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɛvən/.
What does leven mean?
Pronunciation spelling of eleven.
Where does leven come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce leven

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