Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oakes

/ˈoʊks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: oakes
IPA: /ˈoʊks/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Oakeses (plural)

Homonyms

oaks

Rhymes With

folks jokes strokes oaks stokes hoax smokes evokes blokes coax pokes chokes

Questions

How do you pronounce oakes?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊks/.
What does oakes mean?: A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).
Where does oakes come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce oakes

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