armenian
/ɑɹˈmini.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.
name
The language of Armenia and the Armenian people, whose older stages are Old Armenian and Middle Armenian.
Uncountable
name
A branch of Indo-European languages, which includes the various stages of the Armenian language.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Nevertheless Armenian leaders at first retained faith in the reform agenda of the Porte, ascribing their ills to incompetent officialdom and Kurdish lawlessness."
- "The Armenians were led in turn, however, by a politicized vanguard often living cosmopolitan, urban lives remote from rural eastern Anatolia"
Etymology
From Armenia + -an.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑɹˈmini.ən/
- British English: /ɑːˈmiːni.ən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Arm. (alternative, abbreviation)
Armenians (plural)
Phrases
Armenian Apostolic Church
Armenian blackberry
Armenian blue
Armenian bole
Armenian Catholic
Armenian Catholic Church
Armenian chrome
Armenian Church