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thorp

/θɔɹp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
thorp
IPA
/θɔɹp/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.

Archaic

name

A surname.

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A ghost town in South Branch Township, Wexford County, Michigan, United States.

name

A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

name

A city and town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

name

A suburb of Royton, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9108).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /θɔɹp/
  • British English: /θɔːp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

thorps (plural) thorpe (alternative)

Phrases

Snape with Thorp Thorp Arch

Frequently Paired Words

Thorpe

Rhymes With

corp warp thorpe torp gorp

Questions

How do you pronounce thorp?
The recorded pronunciation is /θɔɹp/.
What does thorp mean?
A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
Where does thorp come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce thorp

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