Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speer

/spˈɪɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: speer
IPA: /spˈɪɹ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

A place in the United States:

name

A place in the United States:

name

A place in the United States:

verb

to ask, to inquire

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer."
""A town ca'd Glasgow!" echoed Andrew Fairservice. "Glasgow's a ceety, man.—And is't the way to Glasgow ye were speering if I ken'd?[…]""

Etymology

From Middle English spuren, from Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Danish spørge, Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Swedish spörja.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: spuren, spyrian, *spurjaną

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

Speers (plural) speers (present, singular) speering (participle, present) speered (participle, past) speered (past) spear (alternative) sper (alternative) spere (alternative) speir (alternative) spire (alternative) spyrr (alternative)

Derived Forms

unspeered

Phrases

Speers Point

Homonyms

spear speir

Rhymes With

year near clear career fear appear dear beer premier severe engineer gear

Questions

How do you pronounce speer?: The recorded pronunciation is /spˈɪɹ/.
What does speer mean?: A surname.
Where does speer come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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