Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vellish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vel-lish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The most common typeface for printed Hebrew, and the Sephardi Stam script from which the typeface is derived.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish וועליש (velish). Doublet of Welsh.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: וועליש

Questions

What does vellish mean?: The most common typeface for printed Hebrew, and the Sephardi Stam script from which the typeface is derived.
Where does vellish come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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