Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

velvet divorce

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: vel-vet -di-vorce
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

Etymology

Originally with reference to the separation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, by analogy with the Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) of 1989.

Inflected Forms

velvet divorces (plural)

Questions

What does velvet divorce mean?: A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
Where does velvet divorce come from?: Originally with reference to the separation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, by analogy with the Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) of 1989.

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