Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bassin

/bˈæsɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: bassin
IPA: /bˈæsɪn/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Two possible origins: * Jewish metronymic surname from an Yiddish pet form of the personal name Bathsheba. * Borrowed from French Bassin, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of basins, from bassin (“small basin”).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Bassin

Inflected Forms

Bassins (plural)

Rhymes With

yassin cassin kassin tassin

Questions

How do you pronounce bassin?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈæsɪn/.
What does bassin mean?: A surname.
Where does bassin come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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