Old English · noun
biword
Normalised bīword
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈbiːˌword/[ˈbiːˌworˠd]
- Syllables
- ˈbiː · ˌword (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- bywordadverbtermfamiliar
Meaning
-
an adverb
-
a proverb
-
a familiar or household term
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From bī- + word.
Descendants
byword
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