Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moshav

/moʊˈʃɑːv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: moshav
IPA: /moʊˈʃɑːv/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹשָׁב (mosháv, “village”, literally “settlement”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: מושב

Inflected Forms

moshavs (plural) moshavim (plural)

Phrases

moshav ovdim moshav shitufi

Frequently Paired Words

moshavnik moshav ovdim moshav shitufi

Questions

How do you pronounce moshav?: The recorded pronunciation is /moʊˈʃɑːv/.
What does moshav mean?: An Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.
Where does moshav come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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