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tinney

/tˈɪni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
tin-ney
IPA
/tˈɪni/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó tSionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Shinnick.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó tSionnaigh

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tinneys (plural)

Rhymes With

mini guinea skinny minnie winnie mckinney ginny vinny vinnie finney kinney pliny

Questions

How do you pronounce tinney?
The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɪni/.
What does tinney mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does tinney come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce tinney

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