Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spirit tablet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
spir-it tablet
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

spirit tablet; ancestral tablet; memorial tablet (tombstone tablet with the name and details of the deceased or an ancestor inscribed on it, usually found in Chinese or generally East Asian columbariums)

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 神牌 (shénpái)

Inflected Forms

spirit tablets (plural)

Phrases

spirit money spirit house

Frequently Paired Words

spirit money spirit house

Questions

What does spirit tablet mean?
spirit tablet; ancestral tablet; memorial tablet (tombstone tablet with the name and details of the deceased or an ancestor inscribed on it, usually found in Chinese or generally East Asian columbariums)
Where does spirit tablet come from?
Calque of Chinese 神牌 (shénpái)

How to pronounce spirit tablet

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