rothschild

/ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

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"A modern glass edifice nearby houses the headquarters of the illustrious Rothschild banking family. It was the Rothschilds who in the 1830s arranged that recently paid-off £20 million loan to the British government to reimburse slaveowners after the trade ended – said to be equivalent to some £300 billion in today’s money."

Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).

Rothschilds (plural) Rothschildren (nonstandard, plural) Rothchild (alternative)

Rothschildian

soufflé Rothschild

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/.

What does rothschild mean?

A surname from German.

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