Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sorbo

/sˈɔɹboʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: sor-bo
IPA: /sˈɔɹboʊ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Sorbo, from sorbo (“service tree”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Sørbø, a habitational surname from several farmsteads in Norway.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: Sorbo, Sørbø

Inflected Forms

Sorbos (plural)

Rhymes With

corbo theorbo

Questions

How do you pronounce sorbo?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɔɹboʊ/.
What does sorbo mean?: A surname.
Where does sorbo come from?: It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce sorbo

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