Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pjs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: pjs
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

pajamas; pyjamas

Colloquial

noun

Initialism of projects (“urban housing developments for people with low incomes”).

American usage; Slang

noun

Initialism of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We lived in the PJs, that's what we called the projects. It was integrated. The people next door were white, and there weren't that many blacks […]"
"He had to win over the children in the PJs. Come rain or shine, he continued to walk his parish."

Usage

Inflected Forms

PJ (attributive) pj's (alternative)

Questions

What does pjs mean?: pajamas; pyjamas

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