Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

velfie

/ˈvɛlfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: velfie
IPA: /ˈvɛlfi/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A video selfie.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"There are duckface selfies, velfies, melfies, and what have you."
"Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes, and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps."
"In the winter of 2014 the writer and ad filmmaker had spun off the first Indian velfie (video selfies) movement with a three-minute film titled Pause that compared the Indo-Pak boundaries to walls between homes and led to a movement called Dear Neighbour that is currently on the trending charts with a spate of #ProfileForPeace messages on its wall."

Etymology

Blend of video + selfie.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvɛlfi/
British English: /ˈvɛlfi/

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

velfies (plural)

Rhymes With

welfie drelfie brelfie

Questions

How do you pronounce velfie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɛlfi/.
What does velfie mean?: A video selfie.
Where does velfie come from?: Blend of video + selfie.

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