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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thu

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables
thu
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of Thursday.

name

A surname.

pron

Variant of thou.

name

Synonym of Tsinghua University.

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Vietnamese Thư, the local romanization of the Chinese surname 舒 (Shū). * Borrowed from Norwegian Thu, a surname predominantly found in Western Norway.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Thư, -, Thu

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Thus (plural)

Synonyms

Tsinghua University

Questions

What does thu mean?
Abbreviation of Thursday.
Where does thu come from?
It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce thu

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