lifshitz

/lˈɪfʃɪts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: lif-shitz
IPA: /lˈɪfʃɪts/

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Meaning

name

A surname from Hebrew.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ליפשיץ, a Jewish Ashkenazi habitational surname from the Polish city of Głubczyce, although several other theories exist.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: ליפשיץ

Inflected Forms

Lifshitzes (plural) Lefschetz (alternative) Libshitz (alternative) Lifschitz (alternative) Lipschitz (alternative) Lipshitz (alternative) Lipsitz (alternative) Lipschutz (alternative) Livshitz (alternative) Lifszyc (alternative) Lipszyc (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce lifshitz?

The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɪfʃɪts/.

What does lifshitz mean?

A surname from Hebrew.

Where does lifshitz come from?

It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce lifshitz

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