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mounce

/mˈaʊns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
mounce
IPA
/mˈaʊns/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A male given name.

Etymology

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Moyon in Manche, from Old French Moion, from the Latin anthroponym Modius possibly suffixed with -onem or Gaulish *dūnon (“fort”). Compare Moon. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, Americanized from Manz.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Moion, *dūnon, Måns

Inflected Forms

Mounces (plural)

Rhymes With

announce bounce ounce pronounce denounce renounce pounce trounce flounce mispronounce counce younce

Questions

How do you pronounce mounce?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈaʊns/.
What does mounce mean?
A surname.
Where does mounce come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce mounce

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