Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entjie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-tjie
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Slang

Example Sentences

"I begged him for an entjie and at first he said no, but then relented and gave me two loose ones and a box of matches[…]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans entjie.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: entjie

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

entjies (plural)

Questions

What does entjie mean?: A cigarette.
Where does entjie come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce entjie

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