Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hitachi

/hɪtˈɑtʃi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: hi-tachi
IPA: /hɪtˈɑtʃi/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a Japanese company and brand name.

name

Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture

name

Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan

noun

A Hitachi Magic Wand or similar magic wand vibrator.

Example Sentences

"Even if I've destroyed three Hitachis and a dozen Kleenex boxes over him."
"Before Stanley, Reese's own sex games only flirted with possession, and alone with her Hitachi, images from Iris's stories kept making cameos in her fantasies."
"The longest relationship she had going right now was with her Hitachi in the drawer by her bed."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 日立 (ひたち, Hitachi).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 日立

Inflected Forms

Hitachis (plural)

Rhymes With

karachi mariachi fibonacci saatchi hibachi chachi paci gerace geraci starace schillaci bonacci

Questions

How do you pronounce hitachi?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɪtˈɑtʃi/.
What does hitachi mean?: a Japanese company and brand name.
Where does hitachi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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