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lison

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
li-son
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A river in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Multiple etymologies, including: * French Lison, Calvados, or the Lison river, both in France * a variant of Leyshon, from a Welsh personal name * Slovak Lisoň * Polish Lisoń

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Lison, Lisoň, Lisoń

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Lisons (plural) Lyson (alternative)

Questions

What does lison mean?
A surname.
Where does lison come from?
It is traced to French.

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