Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sephardic

/səfˈɑɹdɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: sephardic
IPA: /səfˈɑɹdɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the Sephardi Jews.

Example Sentences

"A Sephardic romance, composed before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, fills the Lost Chord Music Store on the northwest corner of Spinoza Square and Sixth Avenue. ... The store clerk scribbles himself a to-do note and lifts the stylus back to the start of “¿Por qué lloras blanca niña?,” lowers the needle onto shimmering black vinyl, and dreams of Jewish shepherd boys plucking their lyres on starlit Iberian hillsides."
"The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sephardi Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Sephardic From Sephardi + -ic.

Inflected Forms

Sefardic (alternative, uncommon)

Frequently Paired Words

Ashkenazi Ashkenazic

Synonyms

Sephardi

Questions

How do you pronounce sephardic?: The recorded pronunciation is /səfˈɑɹdɪk/.
What does sephardic mean?: Of or relating to the Sephardi Jews.
Where does sephardic come from?: Etymology tree English Sephardi Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Sephardic From Sephardi + -ic.

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