Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virelay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vire-lay
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of virelai.

Example Sentences

"Now making layes of loue and louers paine, Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine [...]."
"Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll Scrawled over on some boyish holiday With idle songs for pipe and virelay, Which do but mar the secret of the whole."

Etymology

From French.

Inflected Forms

virelays (plural)

Questions

What does virelay mean?: Alternative spelling of virelai.
Where does virelay come from?: From French.

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