Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tomoe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
to-moe
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos.

name

A female given name from Japanese, found in ethnic-Japanese populations in English-speaking localities, as an ethnic given name, complementing their "English" name.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 巴 (tomoe).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 巴, ともえ

Questions

What does tomoe mean?
A circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos.
Where does tomoe come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce tomoe

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