Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pompeo

/pˈoʊmpioʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: pom-peo
IPA: /pˈoʊmpioʊ/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Italian.

Example Sentences

"With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it is “not who America is.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pompeo.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Pompeos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce pompeo?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈoʊmpioʊ/.
What does pompeo mean?: A surname from Italian.
Where does pompeo come from?: Borrowed from Italian Pompeo.

How to pronounce pompeo

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