Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spangling

/ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: span-gling
IPA: /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That spangles; glittering, sparkling.

noun

A sparkling metallic ornamentation.

noun

gerund of spangle: the act of fixing spangles or sparkling objects to something.

verb

present participle and gerund of spangle

Example Sentences

"It was a crumbling heap, whose portal dark / With blooming ivy trails was overgrown; / Upon whose floor the spangling sands were strown, / And rarest sea-shells, which the eternal flood, / Slave to the mother of the months, had thrown / Within the walls of that gray tower, […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English spangle Middle English -ynge English -ing English spangling From spangle + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more spangling (comparative) most spangling (superlative) spanglings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce spangling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/.
What does spangling mean?: That spangles; glittering, sparkling.
Where does spangling come from?: Etymology tree English spangle Middle English -ynge English -ing English spangling From spangle + -ing.

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