Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milman

/mˈɪlmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
mil-man
IPA
/mˈɪlmən/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Variant of Millman. Sometimes a Jewish variant, calqued from Yiddish מיל (mil) (compare German Mühle) + מאַן (man).

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Questions

How do you pronounce milman?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɪlmən/.
What does milman mean?
A surname.
Where does milman come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

How to pronounce milman

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