Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strass

/stɹas/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: strass
IPA: /stɹas/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French strass, after its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: strass

Usage

Inflected Forms

strasses (plural)

Rhymes With

jass meshugaas

Questions

How do you pronounce strass?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹas/.
What does strass mean?: A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.
Where does strass come from?: It is traced to French.

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