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yellowhammer

/ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
yel-lowham-mer
IPA
/ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.

noun

The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a woodpecker with yellow underwings and undertail and often other yellowish underparts; one of its ways of feeding is to hammer on trees to find insects (adults and larvae) to eat.

American usage

noun

A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

Etymology

An alteration (influenced by hammer) of the earlier yelambre, yelamber, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe (“yellow”) + *ambre (“yellowhammer”), from Old English amore, related to Old High German amaro (“yellowhammer”) (see modern German Ammer).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *yelwambre, amore

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/
  • British English: /ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

yellowhammers (plural) yellow-ammer (alternative) yellow-hammer (alternative)

Phrases

a little bit of bread and no cheese

Frequently Paired Words

a little bit of bread and no cheese

Synonyms

ammer goldhammer yelamber yeorling yellow bunting yowley yeldrin yite

Questions

How do you pronounce yellowhammer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/.
What does yellowhammer mean?
A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
Where does yellowhammer come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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