Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chaim

/hˈaɪɪm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: chaim
IPA: /hˈaɪɪm/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Hebrew.

Example Sentences

"I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing."
"Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power."

Etymology

From Hebrew חַיִּים (“life”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Haim (alternative) Hayim (alternative)

Rhymes With

naim

Questions

How do you pronounce chaim?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈaɪɪm/.
What does chaim mean?: A male given name from Hebrew.
Where does chaim come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce chaim

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