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kermit

/ˈkɝmɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
Ker-mit
IPA
/ˈkɝmɪt/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Manx.

American usage

name

The puppet Kermit the Frog, host of The Muppet Show and a frequent character in Sesame Street, originally performed by creator Jim Henson.

name

An asynchronous file transfer protocol, often used for communication between different types of minicomputer or mainframe.

name

A city, the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, named after Kermit Roosevelt.

name

A town in Mingo County, West Virginia, named after Kermit Roosevelt.

Etymology

Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata and Scots Gaelic McDiarmid (“son of Dermot”). Popularized in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor). The computing sense is named after the Sesame Street character, but later provided with a backronym ("KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY").

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɝmɪt/
  • British English: /ˈkɜːmɪt/

Usage

Phrases

Kermit the Frog

Rhymes With

permit hermit

Questions

How do you pronounce kermit?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɝmɪt/.
What does kermit mean?
A male given name from Manx.
Where does kermit come from?
Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata and Scots Gaelic McDiarmid (“son of Dermot”). Popularized in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor). The computing sense is named after the Sesame Street character, but later provided with a backronym ("KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY").

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