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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flehman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flehman
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonstandard form of flehmen.

noun

Nonstandard form of flehmen.

Etymology

From German flehmen. Respelled apparently under the influence of the common name-ending -man, due to the mistaken belief that the word (used in compounds like flehmen response) was an eponym. The term is sometimes capitalized (Flehmen, Flehman) for the same reason).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does flehman mean?
Nonstandard form of flehmen.
Where does flehman come from?
It is traced to German.

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