Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sámi

/sˈæmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: sa-mi
IPA: /sˈæmi/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of Sami.

name

Alternative spelling of Sami.

adj

Alternative spelling of Sami.

Example Sentences

"The taiga is anything but pristine wilderness: It is an inhabited landscape where the indigenous Sámi and their reindeer have lived ever since the ice retreated 10,000 years ago."

Inflected Forms

Sámis (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sámi?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈæmi/.
What does sámi mean?: Alternative spelling of Sami.

How to pronounce sámi

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Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/sˈæmi/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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