punim

/ˈpʊn.ɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"I can’t help it that I’m so beautiful they stop Mother when she is wheeling me in my carriage so as to get a good look at my gorgeous punim—"
"Jack figured if Mr. Rosen could detect a fierce look on his punim, he was giving away too much."

Borrowed from Yiddish פּנים (ponem), from Hebrew פָּנִים (paním, “face”).

punims (plural)

poonam

Questions

How do you pronounce punim?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʊn.ɪm/.

What does punim mean?

The face (front part of the head).

Where does punim come from?

It is traced to Yiddish.

How to pronounce punim

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