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feygele

/feɪɡələ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
feygele
IPA
/feɪɡələ/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little bird.

Dated

noun

A man who is or who is thought to be homosexual.

noun

A very young girl.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele), a diminutive of פֿויגל (foygl, “bird”), from Old High German fogal. Cognate with English fowl.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: פֿייגעלע, fogal

Usage

Inflected Forms

feygeles (plural) faygele (alternative) faygeleh (alternative) feygeleh (alternative) fegele (alternative) fegeleh (alternative) faygelah (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce feygele?
The recorded pronunciation is /feɪɡələ/.
What does feygele mean?
A little bird.
Where does feygele come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

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