Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repairman

/ɹɪpˈɛɹmˌæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
re-pair-man
IPA
/ɹɪpˈɛɹmˌæn/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male repairer, a man who repairs things.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pair English repair Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English repairman From repair + -man.

Inflected Forms

repairmen (plural) repair man (alternative) repair-man (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

repairwoman

Synonyms

service man maintenance man

Questions

How do you pronounce repairman?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪpˈɛɹmˌæn/.
What does repairman mean?
A male repairer, a man who repairs things.
Where does repairman come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pair English repair Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English repairman From repair + -man.

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