Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tjaele

/t͡ʃeɪlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tjaele
IPA: /t͡ʃeɪlə/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish tjäle, which is descended from Old Swedish *þiæli, from Old Norse þeli (“frozen ground”), which is related to þel (“nap on wool; underwool”), and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þelą.

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: tjäle, *þiæli, þeli, *þelą

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce tjaele?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃeɪlə/.
What does tjaele mean?: frozen ground
Where does tjaele come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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