Ethel
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ethel in British English:
UK ['eθəl]
How to pronounce Ethel in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Ethel
- fem. proper name, originally a shortening of Old English Etheldred, Ethelinda, etc., in which the first element means "nobility."
Example
- 1. John was amused , but ethel was not .
- 2. Ethel person can answer that .
- 3. Some of the memorable episodes include lucy and ethel 's job at a chocolate factory , lucy gets drunk during a tv commercial , lucy stomps grapes and lucy moves to l.a.
- 4. Over the course of six seasons , america got to know and fall in love with lucy and ricky ricardo as well as their son ricky and their neighbors and best friends , fred and ethel mertz .
- 5. Now swift is defending herself to the family matriarch - and everyone else - against accusations that she crashed ethel cousin kyle kennedy 's wedding in august , upstaged the bride and infuriated her potential grandmother-in-law .