Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myers

/ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: my-ers
IPA: /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Treasure County, Montana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Meidhir (“descendant of Meidhir”), named based on meidhir (“mirth”). * As an English surname, variant of Myer. * Also as an English surname, the noun mire. * As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Meyers, Mayers, Meyer, Mayer.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

Myerses (plural) Meyers (alternative)

Phrases

Fort Myers Fort Myers Beach Myers Flat Smith-Fineman-Myers syndrome

Rhymes With

requires fires buyers tires desires suppliers wires flyers expires tyres hires liars

Questions

How do you pronounce myers?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/.
What does myers mean?: A surname.
Where does myers come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce myers

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