Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scobie

/skˈɑbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: sco-bie
IPA: /skˈɑbi/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a lost settlement in Perthshire named with Scottish Gaelic sgolbach (“thorny place”).

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: sgolbach

Inflected Forms

Scobies (plural)

Homonyms

scobee

Rhymes With

bobby lobby hobby robbie robby bobbi bobbie snobby rabi dobie knobby dobbie

Questions

How do you pronounce scobie?: The recorded pronunciation is /skˈɑbi/.
What does scobie mean?: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does scobie come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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