How to pronounce wherry
American English pronunciation
WAIR-ee
- IPA
- /ˈwɛɹi/
- Syllables
- WAIR · ee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What wherry means
A light rowing boat that carries people on rivers
In a sentence: A wherry carried us across the river to the market on the far bank.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Middle English word for a small boat. No one knows where that word came from, though French and Welsh have similar ones.
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