philomene
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from French.
Example Sentences
- "In the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent Ferrer yesterday morning, Miss Philomene Frances Gilman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Gilman of 530 Park Avenue, was married to Lawrence Edward McGourty Jr., son of Mrs. McGourty of Melrose, Mass., and the late Lieut. Comdr. McGourty, U. S. N."
- "Sister Mary Margaret (Ida), daughter of Peter and Anna Marie Schmelzer Linenberger was born in Victoria [Kansas], October 11, 1896. […] Surviving Sister Mary Margaret are two sisters, Mrs. Emerentiana Denning, Red Bluffs, California; Mrs. Philomene Norton, Park, Kansas."
- "Maura Philomene McGourty and Charles James Coulter 3d were married yesterday afternoon in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph the Good Provider in Berlin, Mass. […] The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. McGourty of Arlington, Mass."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin philomēna.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Philomène