Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheitel

/ˈʃaɪtəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shei-t-el
IPA: /ˈʃaɪtəl/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.

noun

A wig (of any kind).

Example Sentences

"I keep wanting to put her in a sheitel, the wig that every Orthodox Jewish wife is supposed to wear in order to prevent a man not her husband from lusting after her in his heart."
"Many even have their sheitel professionally styled: according to the New York Times, a Madison Avenue salon that specializes in sheitel grooming charges at least $600 for the service: […]"
"Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel."

Etymology

From Yiddish שייטל (sheytl), cognate to German Scheitel (“parting”).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: שייטל

Inflected Forms

sheitels (plural) shaytel (alternative) sheitl (alternative) sheytel (alternative) shaytl (alternative) sheytl (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

shpitzel tichel

Rhymes With

title vital recital entitle ital detrital requital fatal natal gretel palatal ratel

Questions

How do you pronounce sheitel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃaɪtəl/.
What does sheitel mean?: A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
Where does sheitel come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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