Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarnishment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tar-nish-ment
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

tarnishing

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From tarnish + -ment.

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Questions

What does tarnishment mean?
tarnishing
Where does tarnishment come from?
From tarnish + -ment.

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