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carle

carl
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kahrl]
    • /kɑrl/
    • /ˈkɑːəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kahrl]
    • /kɑrl/

Definitions of carle word

  • noun carle Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person. 1
  • noun carle Archaic. a churl. 1
  • noun carle Obsolete. a bondman. 1
  • noun carle (chiefly, Scotland) peasant; fellow. 1
  • noun carle (chiefly Scotland) peasant; fellow. 0

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Origin of carle

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000 (in compounds; see housecarl); Middle English; Old English -carl < Old Norse karl man; cognate with Old High German karl; akin to churl

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Carle

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

carle popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

carle usage trend in Literature

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