Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vai

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: vai
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.

noun

Alternative spelling of bhai.

noun

An ethnic group of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

name

The Niger-Congo language of the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

noun

Alternative form of vai (“verb inanimate intransitive”).

Etymology

Transliteration of Bengali ভাই (bhai). Doublet of bhai; see there for more doublets.

Inflected Forms

vais (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vii vta vti

Questions

What does vai mean?: Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.
Where does vai come from?: Transliteration of Bengali ভাই (bhai). Doublet of bhai; see there for more doublets.

How to pronounce vai

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