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malpas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
mal-pas
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village on the Truro River in St Clement parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8442).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb and community in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3090).

Countable; Uncountable

name

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

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old French.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Malpases (plural) Malpass (alternative)

Questions

What does malpas mean?
A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
Where does malpas come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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