Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pickney

/ˈpɪk.ni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: pick-ney
IPA: /ˈpɪk.ni/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Informal

name

Example Sentences

"And he tell my father about country and where he can go and he can take him pickney with him and when he say pickney I shake but nobody know that me under the cover."

Etymology

From pickaninny.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

pickneys (plural)

Rhymes With

stickney

Questions

How do you pronounce pickney?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪk.ni/.
What does pickney mean?: A child.
Where does pickney come from?: From pickaninny.

How to pronounce pickney

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