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ravenscroft

/ɹˈeɪvənzkɹˌɔft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
raven-scroft
IPA
/ɹˈeɪvənzkɹˌɔft/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in White County, Tennessee, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + croft (“enclosed field”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ravenscrofts (plural) Ravenscraft (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ravenscroft?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈeɪvənzkɹˌɔft/.
What does ravenscroft mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does ravenscroft come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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