Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petrova

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: petro-va
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female surname from the Slavic languages, masculine equivalent Petrov.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian and Russian Петрова (Petrova), feminine form of Петров (Petrov).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Петрова

Inflected Forms

Petrovas (plural)

Questions

What does petrova mean?: A female surname from the Slavic languages, masculine equivalent Petrov.
Where does petrova come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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