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tsan

/ˈtsæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
tsan
IPA
/ˈtsæn/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

noun

An Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the Arcadian dialect of Mantineia, which likely represented /t͡s/.

Etymology

By analogy with san (from Ancient Greek σάν (sán)), which stood for /s/, due to it likely being a variant of that letter.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Tsans (plural)

Rhymes With

an can than man plan began san fan japan ran van iran

Questions

How do you pronounce tsan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtsæn/.
What does tsan mean?
A surname.
Where does tsan come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce tsan

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