Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ostroff

/ˈɔstɹɔf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: os-troff
IPA: /ˈɔstɹɔf/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Slavic.

Etymology

* As a Jewish surname, Westernized from Ostrov. * As a Jewish and Slavic surname of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian origin, shortened from Ostrovsky.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Ostroffs (plural) Ostrov (alternative) Ostrova (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ostroff?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔstɹɔf/.
What does ostroff mean?: A surname from Slavic.
Where does ostroff come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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