Speakur

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nehru jacket

/ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
nehru -jack-et
IPA
/ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.

Etymology

After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
  • British English: /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/

Inflected Forms

Nehru jackets (plural)

Phrases

Nehru-jacketed

Questions

How do you pronounce nehru jacket?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/.
What does nehru jacket mean?
A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.
Where does nehru jacket come from?
After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.

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