Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humvee

/ˈhʌm.viː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: humvee
IPA: /ˈhʌm.viː/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Humvee.

noun

A diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherché produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats."
"We went out into the streets of Zafaraniya, travelling in the usual two-Humvee convoy, complete with gunners."
"Last week, I read 2,300 Humvees—these are big vehicles—were left behind for the enemy. 2,000? You would say maybe two, maybe four? 2,300 sophisticated vehicles, they ran, and the enemy took them."

Etymology

Derived from the attempt to pronounce the acronym HMMWV (“High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle”).

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

humvees (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

MRAP jeep

Synonyms

HMMWV hum-vee

Questions

How do you pronounce humvee?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌm.viː/.
What does humvee mean?: Alternative letter-case form of Humvee.
Where does humvee come from?: Derived from the attempt to pronounce the acronym HMMWV (“High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle”).

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