Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finnicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: finni-cism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A construction or an utterance that is characteristic of the Finnish language.

Etymology

From Finnic + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Finnic

Inflected Forms

Finnicisms (plural)

Synonyms

Fennicism

Questions

What does finnicism mean?: A construction or an utterance that is characteristic of the Finnish language.
Where does finnicism come from?: From Finnic + -ism.

How to pronounce finnicism

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