Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lori

/loɹ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: lori
IPA: /loɹ.i/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name, popular in the US in the 1960s.

name

A province of Armenia.

Example Sentences

"There was Lori - Lori - Lori no longer daft - Lori who could fight like the very devil of a Scotswoman at the side of her man - Lori would pull Mary Ruadh back from the brink of the grave, and perhaps himself too. His spirits began to lift. His whole being sang with the name of Lori."
"While she continued to cling to his arm, Lorraine pouted again. " Running away changed a lot of things, but it didn't change your name. Nobody's called me Lori for ages, but while you're here, we'll just have to put up with each other.""
"“People don’t come to therapy until they’re having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack,” psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently."

Etymology

In some cases, a 20th century spelling variant of Laurie, from Laura. In other cases, a diminutive form of names such as Loretta and Lorraine.

Rhymes With

story glory inventory tory rory corey laurie storey quarry lorry tori salvatore

Questions

How do you pronounce lori?: The recorded pronunciation is /loɹ.i/.
What does lori mean?: A female given name, popular in the US in the 1960s.
Where does lori come from?: In some cases, a 20th century spelling variant of Laurie, from Laura. In other cases, a diminutive form of names such as Loretta and Lorraine.

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