Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liffey

/ˈlɪfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: lif-fey
IPA: /ˈlɪfi/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Ireland that flows from the Wicklow Mountains for around 75 miles (125 km) through Dublin to the Irish Sea.

name

A town in Meander Valley council area and the Northern Midlands council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Example Sentences

"That there, that's not me I go where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey"

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Life.

Phrases

Liffey water

Rhymes With

iffy jiffy spiffy biffy stiffy cliffy sniffy miffy squiffy whiffy niffy yiffy

Questions

How do you pronounce liffey?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪfi/.
What does liffey mean?: A river in Ireland that flows from the Wicklow Mountains for around 75 miles (125 km) through Dublin to the Irish Sea.
Where does liffey come from?: Borrowed from Irish Life.

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