Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vyshyvanka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vyshy-van-ka
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Traditional Ukrainian and Belarusian clothing, featuring elements of Ukrainian and Belarusian ethnic embroidery.

Example Sentences

"Another explicitly 'joyful' item in my collection is the 1963 Services and Fares brochure, featuring train and ferry timetables to London (and back) from Czechoslovakia, Poland and the USSR, with a happy hopak-dancing Ukrainian cossack in a traditional Ukrainian vishivanka shirt and wide sharovari pants on the cover."

Etymology

From Ukrainian вишива́нка (vyšyvánka). Compare Belarusian вышыва́нка (vyšyvánka).

Word Breakdown

Root: вишива́нка

Inflected Forms

vyshyvankas (plural) vyshyvanky (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vinok kobeniak kozhukh kozhushanka ochipok zhupan sharovar

Questions

What does vyshyvanka mean?: Traditional Ukrainian and Belarusian clothing, featuring elements of Ukrainian and Belarusian ethnic embroidery.
Where does vyshyvanka come from?: From Ukrainian вишива́нка (vyšyvánka). Compare Belarusian вышыва́нка (vyšyvánka).

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