Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skripal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: skri-pal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Russian.

Example Sentences

"A hospital consultant who treated Sergei and Yulia Skripal after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok was “gobsmacked” when Yulia woke and began trying to get out of bed four days after the attack."

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Скрипа́ль (Skripálʹ).

Inflected Forms

Skripals (plural)

Questions

What does skripal mean?: A surname from Russian.
Where does skripal come from?: Transliteration of Russian Скрипа́ль (Skripálʹ).

How to pronounce skripal

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