Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenish

/ˈtɛnɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ten-ish
IPA: /ˈtɛnɪʃ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any time close to ten o'clock.

Colloquial; Uncountable

adj

Approximately ten.

Colloquial

Etymology

From ten + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ten

Usage

Inflected Forms

tennish (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tenish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛnɪʃ/.
What does tenish mean?: Any time close to ten o'clock.
Where does tenish come from?: From ten + -ish.

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