Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kezayit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: keza-y-it
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An amount of something, usually food, about the size of an olive.

Etymology

From Hebrew כַּזַּיִת (kazáyit).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: כַּזַּיִת

Inflected Forms

kezeytim (plural) kezayis (alternative)

Questions

What does kezayit mean?: An amount of something, usually food, about the size of an olive.
Where does kezayit come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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