Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manele

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: manele
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of folk music from the Balkans

Uncountable

name

A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian manele, plural of manea, of Turkish origin.

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: manele, -

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does manele mean?: A genre of folk music from the Balkans
Where does manele come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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