Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skye

/skaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: skye
IPA: /skaɪ/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Isle of Skye, a large island in Scotland.

name

A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.

name

A community in The Nation municipality, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.

name

An eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, South Australia.

name

A southern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

noun

A Skye terrier.

noun

Obsolete form of sky.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I would like to climb high in a tree / I could be happy, I could be happy / Or go to Skye on my holiday"
"In fact, few drop-eared Skyes are being exhibited and none of the present top winners has them."

Etymology

Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: Eilean Sgitheanach, -

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Skyes (plural)

Homonyms

sky

Rhymes With

by my why high try guy buy july drive-by die eye hi

Questions

How do you pronounce skye?: The recorded pronunciation is /skaɪ/.
What does skye mean?: Ellipsis of Isle of Skye, a large island in Scotland.
Where does skye come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce skye

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