Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mabel

/ˈmeɪbl̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: ma-bel
IPA: /ˈmeɪbl̩/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Latin.

Example Sentences

"Her name was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had scarcely even heard so fine a name as Mabel Hortense."
"The red stitching across the breast pocket read Mabel, a name Maggie had not heard since her childhood. What had become of all the Mabels? She tried to picture giving a new little baby that name."

Etymology

Clipping of Amabel, from Latin amābilis (“lovable”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: amābilis

Inflected Forms

Mable (alternative)

Derived Forms

Emmabel

Rhymes With

able table unable cable stable label enable unstable disable abel fable gable

Questions

How do you pronounce mabel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmeɪbl̩/.
What does mabel mean?: A female given name from Latin.
Where does mabel come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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