Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shinnick

/ʃˈɪnɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: shin-nick
IPA: /ʃˈɪnɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Tinney.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó Sionnaigh

Inflected Forms

Shinnicks (plural)

Rhymes With

clinic cynic rabbinic monoclinic finnick minnick winnick kinnick winick pinnick minick

Questions

How do you pronounce shinnick?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɪnɪk/.
What does shinnick mean?: A surname from Irish.
Where does shinnick come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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