hernshaw

hern·shaw

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hurn-shaw]
- /ˈhɜrn ʃɔ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hurn-shaw]
- /ˈhɜrn ʃɔ/

Definitions of hernshaw word

noun hernshaw a heron. 1
noun hernshaw Obsolete form of heronsew. 0

See all 2 definitions of hernshaw

Information block about the term

Origin of hernshaw

First appearance:

before 1555

One of the 31% oldest English words

1555-65; variant of dial. heronsew, Middle English < Middle French heronceau, heroncel, diminutive of heron heron

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hernshaw

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hernshaw

hernshaw popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

hernshaw usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer