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teign

/ˈteɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
teign
IPA
/ˈteɪn/
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.

Etymology

First attested as Old English Teng in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 739, probably from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Tenna.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Bishopsteignton Drewsteignton Teignbridge Teigngrace Teignmouth

Questions

How do you pronounce teign?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈteɪn/.
What does teign mean?
A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.
Where does teign come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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