Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sainsbury

/sˈeɪnsbɛɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: sains-bury
IPA: /sˈeɪnsbɛɹi/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Saintbury, in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Sainsburys (plural)

Questions

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

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