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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obie

/ˈoʊbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
obie
IPA
/ˈoʊbi/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small lamp positioned over the camera, sometimes used to produce catchlights in the subject's eyes.

noun

An Off-Broadway Theater Award, given annually to theatre artists and groups in New York City.

name

A diminutive of the male given name Obadiah.

name

A surname from French.

Etymology

Named after the actress Merle Oberon, whose husband Lucien Ballard used this kind of lighting to hide small scars on her face after a car accident.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Obies (plural)

Homonyms

obi

Rhymes With

toby nairobi adobe moby jacoby jacobi tobey gobi roby coby okeechobee robie

Questions

How do you pronounce obie?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊbi/.
What does obie mean?
A small lamp positioned over the camera, sometimes used to produce catchlights in the subject's eyes.
Where does obie come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce obie

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