Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nenets

/ˈnɛnɪts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: nenets
IPA: /ˈnɛnɪts/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a people who live in the extreme northwest of Russia; a Samoyed.

name

The Samoyedic languages spoken by these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ненец (nenec).

Phrases

Nenets Herding Laika Tundra Nenets

Synonyms

nentsi nentsy yurak-samoyed yurak-samoyed language nentsy language nenets language nentsi language

Questions

How do you pronounce nenets?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɛnɪts/.
What does nenets mean?: A member of a people who live in the extreme northwest of Russia; a Samoyed.
Where does nenets come from?: Borrowed from Russian ненец (nenec).

How to pronounce nenets

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