Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irma

/ˈɝmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: ir-ma
IPA: /ˈɝmə/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

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Example Sentences

"- - -, she thanked God for Irma: thanked God that Irma's hair was rich and beautiful, that she had the aristocratic richness of a name like Irma and not the common poverty of a name like May or Flo;"

Etymology

From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Irma, *ermunaz

Inflected Forms

Erma (alternative)

Homonyms

erma

Rhymes With

burma perma erma scleroderma derma lerma burmah surma

Questions

How do you pronounce irma?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɝmə/.
What does irma mean?: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Where does irma come from?: It is traced to German.

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