Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthez

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: or-thez
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

name

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].

Etymology

Borrowed from French Orthez, itself from Occitan.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Orthezes (plural)

Questions

What does orthez mean?: A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Where does orthez come from?: Borrowed from French Orthez, itself from Occitan.

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