Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jacobi

/jɑkˈoʊbi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: ja-co-bi
IPA: /jɑkˈoʊbi/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jacopi, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname from a Latinized patronymic from the personal name Jacob.

Inflected Forms

Jacobis (plural) Jacobe (alternative)

Derived Forms

Jacobian

Phrases

Abel-Jacobi-Liouville identity Abel-Jacobi map Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation Hamilton-Jacobi equation

Rhymes With

toby nairobi adobe moby jacoby tobey gobi roby coby okeechobee obie robie

Questions

How do you pronounce jacobi?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɑkˈoʊbi/.
What does jacobi mean?: A surname from German.
Where does jacobi come from?: Borrowed from German Jacopi, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname from a Latinized patronymic from the personal name Jacob.

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