Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reard

/ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: reard
IPA: /ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voice; a sound.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English rerde, rerd, from Old English reord (“voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Germanic *rizdō, *razdō (“voice, language, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *res- (“to shout, speak”). Cognate with Old High German rarta (“sound, voice, harmony”), Old Norse rǫdd (“voice, speech, song”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, “tongue, speech, language, dialect”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rerde, reord, *rizdō, *res-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/
British English: /ˈɹɪːd/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

reards (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce reard?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/.
What does reard mean?: A voice; a sound.
Where does reard come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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