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tsiolkovsky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
tsi-olkovsky
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A transliteration of the Russian surname Циолковский (Ciolkovskij).

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Циолковский (Ciolkovskij), from Polish Ciołkowski.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Tsiolkovskys (plural) Tsiolkovskiy (alternative)

Phrases

Tsiolkovsky rocket equation

Frequently Paired Words

Ziolkowski Ziolkowsky

Questions

What does tsiolkovsky mean?
A transliteration of the Russian surname Циолковский (Ciolkovskij).
Where does tsiolkovsky come from?
It is traced to Polish.

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