Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

singson

/ˈsiŋson/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: Sing-son
IPA: /ˈsiŋson/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano, Ilocano, and Tagalog Singson, possibly from Hokkien 曾孫 /曾孙 (cheng-sun, “great-grandson (in a male lineage)”), via Spanish Singson.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: 曾孫, Singson

Inflected Forms

Singsons (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce singson?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiŋson/.
What does singson mean?: A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
Where does singson come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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