rebbetzin

/ˈɹɛbətsɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

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noun

The wife of a rabbi.

noun

"Sometimes when they could not get to Mendel, the women would come to her, to the rebbetzin, and she would bless them as well as she could, with the little wherewithal she brought to the task."

Borrowed from Yiddish רביצין (rebetsin), from Hebrew רב (“master”) plus Slavic *-itsa (feminine suffix) plus Yiddish ־ין (-in, feminine suffix).

rebbetzins (plural)

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How do you pronounce rebbetzin?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛbətsɪn/.

What does rebbetzin mean?

The wife of a rabbi.

Where does rebbetzin come from?

It is traced to Yiddish.

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