Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sidney

/ˈsɪdni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
Sid-ney
IPA
/ˈsɪdni/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A male or female given name transferred from the surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sidneys (plural) Sydney (alternative) Cydney (alternative) Sydnie (alternative) Sydne (alternative)

Derived Forms

Sid Sidneyan

Phrases

Sidney Center

Homonyms

Sydney

Rhymes With

sydney kidney gidney

Questions

How do you pronounce sidney?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪdni/.
What does sidney mean?
An English habitational surname.
Where does sidney come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce sidney

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