On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Hiberno. Discover how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Hiberno in a sentence
Context around Hiberno
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hiberno
- In this selection, "hiberno" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, identifiable, english, latin and irish stand out and add context to how "hiberno" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dialect of hiberno irish but and earliest identifiable hiberno latin writers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hiberno" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hiberno
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Columbanus is one of the earliest identifiable Hiberno-Latin writers. (10 words)
Hiberno-English has also developed particular meanings for words that are still in common use in English generally. (18 words)
When describing something, many Hiberno-English speakers use the term "in it" where "there" would usually be used. (18 words)
Less formally, people also use loan words in day-to-day speech, although this has been on the wane in recent decades and among the young. citation Derived words from Irish Another group of Hiberno-English words are those derived from the Irish language. (44 words)
It is shorthand for "boy", (and is a turn of phrase particularly pronounced with the Waterford dialect of Hiberno-Irish) but is used variably to address members of either sex. (30 words)
The other major influence on Hiberno-English that sets it apart from modern English in general is the retention of words and phrases from Old- and Middle-English. (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
Columbanus is one of the earliest identifiable Hiberno-Latin writers.
From Irish Reduplication Reduplication is an alleged trait of Hiberno-English strongly associated with stage-Irish and Hollywood films.
Hiberno-English has also developed particular meanings for words that are still in common use in English generally.
It is shorthand for "boy", (and is a turn of phrase particularly pronounced with the Waterford dialect of Hiberno-Irish) but is used variably to address members of either sex.
Less formally, people also use loan words in day-to-day speech, although this has been on the wane in recent decades and among the young. citation Derived words from Irish Another group of Hiberno-English words are those derived from the Irish language.
Somebody who can speak a language "has" a language, in which Hiberno-English has borrowed the grammatical form used in Irish.
The other major influence on Hiberno-English that sets it apart from modern English in general is the retention of words and phrases from Old- and Middle-English.
When describing something, many Hiberno-English speakers use the term "in it" where "there" would usually be used.