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mears

/mˈɪɹz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
mears
IPA
/mˈɪɹz/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of mear

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A census-designated place in Oceana County, Michigan, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mearses (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce mears?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɪɹz/.
What does mears mean?
plural of mear
Where does mears come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce mears

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