Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaminsky

/kəmˈɪnski/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: kamin-sky
IPA: /kəmˈɪnski/

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male surname from Slavic.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *Kaměnьskъ Slavicbor. English Kaminsky Borrowed from various Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Kaměnьskъ. Doublet of Kamensky. Slavic sources include Belarusian Камі́нскі (Kamínski), Czech Kaminský, Polish Kamiński, Russian Ками́нский (Kamínskij), Slovak Kaminský, and Ukrainian Камі́нський (Kamínsʹkyj).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *Kaměnьskъ

Inflected Forms

Kaminskys (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Kaminska

Homonyms

kaminski

Rhymes With

lewinsky stravinsky brzezinski krasinski kaminski kaczynski lipinski minsky dubinsky pinsky zielinski kosinski

Questions

How do you pronounce kaminsky?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈɪnski/.
What does kaminsky mean?: A male surname from Slavic.
Where does kaminsky come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *Kaměnьskъ Slavicbor. English Kaminsky Borrowed from various Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Kaměnьskъ. Doublet of Kamensky. Slavic sources include Belarusian Камі́нскі (Kamínski), Czech Kaminský, Polish Kamiński, Russian Ками́нский (Kamínskij), Slovak Kaminský, and Ukrainian Камі́нський (Kamínsʹkyj).

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