Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shabbos

/ˈʃɑːbɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: shab-bos
IPA: /ˈʃɑːbɪs/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative letter-case form of shabbos.

noun

Shabbat or shabbat (the biblical seventh-day Sabbath).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I told that Kraut a fuckin' thousand times, I don't roll on shabbos!"
"Many of the housemates had Jewish ancestry, but in lieu of Shabbos prayers they had invented their own secular rituals."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שבת (shabes), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát). Doublet of Shabbat and Sabbath.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: שבת, שַׁבָּת

Usage

Inflected Forms

shabbosim (plural) shabboses (plural) Shabbes (alternative)

Phrases

shabbos goy shabbos gentile shomer shabbos gut shabbos gut shabbes

Questions

How do you pronounce shabbos?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɑːbɪs/.
What does shabbos mean?: Alternative letter-case form of shabbos.
Where does shabbos come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

How to pronounce shabbos

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