Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troughton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
troughton
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English trog (“trough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Troughtons (plural)

Phrases

Troughton level

Questions

What does troughton mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does troughton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce troughton

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