Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tinsman

/tˈɪnsmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tins-man
IPA: /tˈɪnsmən/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Variant of German Tinsmann.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Tinsmann

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tinsmans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce tinsman?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɪnsmən/.
What does tinsman mean?: A surname from German.
Where does tinsman come from?: It is traced to German.

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