Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dmitry

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: dmit-ry
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij).

Example Sentences

"Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee."

Etymology

From Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij), from Byzantine Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios), from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”) + -ιος (-ios, “pertaining to”). Doublet of Demetrius, Dimitri, and Dimitris.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Дми́трий, Δημήτριος

Inflected Forms

Dimitri (alternative) Dimitry (alternative) Dmitri (alternative) Dmitrii (alternative) Dmitriy (alternative)

Questions

What does dmitry mean?: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij).
Where does dmitry come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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