Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoah

/ˈʃoʊ.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: shoah
IPA: /ˈʃoʊ.ə/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.

noun

verb

To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I never knew him, or any of my other relatives who died in the Shoah. But I would gladly dump every ounce of that gold into the ocean, just to give them a decent burial."
"I had to create a new account, because my old one was shoahed."

Etymology

From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈʃoʊ.ə/
British English: /ˈʃəʊ.ə/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

the Shoah (canonical) shoahs (plural) shoahs (present, singular) shoahing (participle, present) shoahed (participle, past) shoahed (past)

Derived Forms

Shoaism

Phrases

anudda shoah Shoah business Yom HaShoah final solution Meds Yeghern

Frequently Paired Words

final solution Porajmos Meds Yeghern anudda shoah

Rhymes With

noah noaa boa aloha feather boa quinoa loa poa mauna loa towa proa maunaloa

Questions

How do you pronounce shoah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃoʊ.ə/.
What does shoah mean?: The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Where does shoah come from?: From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

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