Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarmby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: quarm-by
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old Norse kvern (“millstone; quern, handmill”) + býr (“farmstead”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: kvern

Usage

Inflected Forms

Quarmbys (plural) Wharmby (alternative)

Questions

What does quarmby mean?: A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).
Where does quarmby come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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