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plympton

/ˈplɪmptən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
plymp-ton
IPA
/ˈplɪmptən/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Plȳmentūn

Usage

Inflected Forms

Plymptons (plural) Plimpton (alternative)

Phrases

Plympton St Mary Plympton St Maurice Plympton-Wyoming

Homonyms

plimpton

Rhymes With

plimpton kimpton

Questions

How do you pronounce plympton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈplɪmptən/.
What does plympton mean?
A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
Where does plympton come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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