Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

officetel

/ˌɒfɪsˈtɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: of-fice-tel
IPA: /ˌɒfɪsˈtɛl/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a multi-purpose building in Korea with both residential and commercial units

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 오피스텔 (opiseutel), a pseudo-anglicism from English office + hotel.

Origin

Source language: English

Word Breakdown

Root: office

Usage

Inflected Forms

officetels (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce officetel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɒfɪsˈtɛl/.
What does officetel mean?: a multi-purpose building in Korea with both residential and commercial units
Where does officetel come from?: It is traced to English.

How to pronounce officetel

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