Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ismaelite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: is-maelite
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Arab Muslim; one who claims descent from Ishmael.

Etymology

From Ismael + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Ismael

Inflected Forms

Ismaelites (plural)

Derived Forms

Ismaelitic Ismaelitish

Synonyms

Ismaelian

Questions

What does ismaelite mean?: An Arab Muslim; one who claims descent from Ishmael.
Where does ismaelite come from?: From Ismael + -ite.

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