Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sween

/swˈin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: sween
IPA: /swˈin/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Etymology

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McSween. * As a Norwegian surname, variant of Sveen, from Old Norse svíð (“land cleared by burning”), from svíða (“to burn”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, svíð

Inflected Forms

Sweens (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sween?: The recorded pronunciation is /swˈin/.
What does sween mean?: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does sween come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce sween

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