Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ouse

/uːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: ouse
IPA: /uːz/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of ooze.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

Obsolete spelling of ooze.

Obsolete

name

Various rivers in England.

name

Various rivers in England.

name

Various rivers in England.

name

Various rivers in England.

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Various rivers in England.

name

A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.

Example Sentences

"Here Ouse, slow-winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o’er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted."

Etymology

From Old English Usa, probably of Romano-British Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *udso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Usa, -, *udso-, *wed-

Usage

Inflected Forms

ouses (plural) ouses (present, singular) ousing (participle, present) oused (participle, past) oused (past)

Phrases

Great Ouse Linton-on-Ouse Little Ouse Newton-on-Ouse

Homonyms

ooze

Questions

How do you pronounce ouse?: The recorded pronunciation is /uːz/.
What does ouse mean?: Obsolete spelling of ooze.
Where does ouse come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce ouse

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