Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

day of atonement

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: day of a-tone-ment
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Example Sentences

"Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism."

Etymology

Calque of Hebrew יוֹם כִּיפּוּר (yom kipúr).

Inflected Forms

the Day of Atonement (canonical)

Synonyms

yom kippur

Questions

What does day of atonement mean?: Yom Kippur.
Where does day of atonement come from?: Calque of Hebrew יוֹם כִּיפּוּר (yom kipúr).

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