Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vacuüm

/ˈvækjuːəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vac-u-um
IPA: /ˈvækjuːəm/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rare spelling of vacuum.

Example Sentences

"Franklin Roosevelt was showing that democracy was capable of taking care of its own; the New Deal was filling the vacuüm of faith which we had inherited from the cynicism and complacency of the twenties, and from the breadlines of the early thirtees."

Etymology

From Dutch vacuüm, from Latin vacuum, the substantive neuter of the adjective vacuus (“empty”); spelt with a diæresis added to specify the trisyllabic pronunciation [ˈvæ.kjuː.əm] (as opposed to the disyllabic * [ˈvæ.kjuːm]).

Inflected Forms

vacua (plural) vacuä (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce vacuüm?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvækjuːəm/.
What does vacuüm mean?: Rare spelling of vacuum.
Where does vacuüm come from?: From Dutch vacuüm, from Latin vacuum, the substantive neuter of the adjective vacuus (“empty”); spelt with a diæresis added to specify the trisyllabic pronunciation [ˈvæ.kjuː.əm] (as opposed to the disyllabic * [ˈvæ.kjuːm]).

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