Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

levine

/ləˈviːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: levine
IPA: /ləˈviːn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hebrew.

Example Sentences

"Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe."
"Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis intentionally misgendered Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, on Twitter early Monday morning."

Etymology

Borrowed from French Levine, from Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levin.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Левин, לֵוִי

Phrases

Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce levine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈviːn/.
What does levine mean?: A surname from Hebrew.
Where does levine come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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