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pettengill

/pˈɛtɪŋɡəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
pet-tengill
IPA
/pˈɛtɪŋɡəl/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Middle English.

Etymology

Ethnic surname for someone from Portugal, from an altered form of Middle English Portyngale (“Portugal”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Pettengills (plural) Pettingill (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce pettengill?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɛtɪŋɡəl/.
What does pettengill mean?
A surname from Middle English.
Where does pettengill come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce pettengill

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