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lofthouse

/lˈɔfthˌaʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
loft-house
IPA
/lˈɔfthˌaʊs/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Fountains Earth parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1073).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3326).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old Norse lopt (“loft, attic”) + hús (“house”); equivalent to loft + house.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Lofthouses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce lofthouse?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɔfthˌaʊs/.
What does lofthouse mean?
A village in Fountains Earth parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1073).
Where does lofthouse come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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