Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seraphine

/sɚɑfˈini/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: seraphine
IPA: /sɚɑfˈini/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Latin.

noun

An early wind instrument with a keyboard, resembling a cross between a reed organ and an accordion, which makes its sound by the action of air being blown across metallic reeds.

Example Sentences

"By the time I carried tea and toast back through to Ruth, the baby was asleep, the umbilical cord tied off, and Ruth was stroking the tiny face with one finger. 'I'm going to call her Seraphine,' she said. 'She looks like an angel.'"

Etymology

Anglicized spelling of French Séraphine.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Séraphine

Inflected Forms

seraphines (plural)

Homonyms

serafini

Rhymes With

bikini genie sweeney martini lamborghini mussolini teeny zucchini mancini jeannie houdini cassini

Questions

How do you pronounce seraphine?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɚɑfˈini/.
What does seraphine mean?: A female given name from Latin.
Where does seraphine come from?: It is traced to French.

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