Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tosafot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tosafot
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Medieval commentaries on the Talmud, in the form of critical and explanatory glosses.

Etymology

From Hebrew תוספות (tosafót).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: תוספות

Inflected Forms

Tosafos (alternative) Tosefos (alternative) Tosfot (alternative)

Derived Forms

Tosafist

Questions

What does tosafot mean?: Medieval commentaries on the Talmud, in the form of critical and explanatory glosses.
Where does tosafot come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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