Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suman

/sˈumən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: suman
IPA: /sˈumən/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik.

Uncountable

name

Etymology

From Tagalog suman.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: Seman, sǣmann

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Sumans (plural) Sumon (alternative)

Rhymes With

human non-human semi-human newman truman inhuman superhuman lumen neumann cumin acumen schumann

Questions

How do you pronounce suman?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈumən/.
What does suman mean?: Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik.
Where does suman come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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