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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merton

/ˈmɝ.tən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
mer-ton
IPA
/ˈmɝ.tən/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Ellipsis of Merton College, Oxford.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Merantūn.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɝ.tən/
  • British English: /ˈmɜː.tən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mertons (plural)

Derived Forms

Mertonian

Phrases

Merton-compliant Merton Park

Rhymes With

certain uncertain curtain burton turton wolverton emerton kirton girton berton howerton murton

Questions

How do you pronounce merton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɝ.tən/.
What does merton mean?
Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
Where does merton come from?
Inherited from Old English Merantūn.

How to pronounce merton

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