Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whinery

/wˈaɪnɚi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
whin-ery
IPA
/wˈaɪnɚi/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Etymology

Topographic surname from Old Norse hvein (“gorse, furze”) + vrá (“nook or corner of land”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Whinerys (plural) Whineray (alternative) Whinnery (alternative) Winrow (alternative)

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce whinery?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈaɪnɚi/.
What does whinery mean?
A surname from Old Norse.
Where does whinery come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce whinery

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