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talmadge

/tˈælmædʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
tal-madge
IPA
/tˈælmædʒ/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old French.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Washington County, Maine, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Tollemache.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Talmadges (plural) Tallmadge (alternative)

Homonyms

tallmadge

Rhymes With

tallmadge

Questions

How do you pronounce talmadge?
The recorded pronunciation is /tˈælmædʒ/.
What does talmadge mean?
A surname from Old French.
Where does talmadge come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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