Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rowling

/ˈraʊlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: rowl-ing
IPA: /ˈraʊlɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rowl (“roll”)

Archaic

name

name

J. K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter.

Example Sentences

"There stood a Hill not far whose griesly top / Belch'd fire and rowling smoak"
"The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series."

Usage

Archaic

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Derived Forms

JKR Rowldemort Rowlingesque Rowlingian

Synonyms

rolling

Homonyms

rolling

Questions

How do you pronounce rowling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈraʊlɪŋ/.
What does rowling mean?: present participle and gerund of rowl (“roll”)

How to pronounce rowling

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