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chism

/ˈt͡ʃɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
chism
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃɪzəm/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

noun

A shoot or sprout; a bud.

verb

To sprout, bud, or germinate.

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *chissen, a plural of Middle English chis, chys (“sprout”), variant of Middle English chithe, from Old English ċīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Chisms (plural) chisom (alternative) chissom (alternative) chizzum (alternative) chizzom (alternative) chisms (present, singular) chisming (participle, present) chismed (participle, past) chismed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

chit chive jism

Rhymes With

prism ism schism chisholm chisum scism

Questions

How do you pronounce chism?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪzəm/.
What does chism mean?
A surname.
Where does chism come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce chism

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