Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheen

/ʍiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: wheen
IPA: /ʍiːn/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little; a small number.

British usage

noun

A quantity; a goodly number.

British usage

name

Example Sentences

"I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs."
"She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls and doos about the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields."

Etymology

From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *wheen, hwēne

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

wheens (plural) whean (alternative) whin (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce wheen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʍiːn/.
What does wheen mean?: A little; a small number.
Where does wheen come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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