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wenceslaus

/wˈɛnsəslˌɔs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
wences-laus
IPA
/wˈɛnsəslˌɔs/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Etymology

From Latin Wenceslaus, a Latinization of Old Czech Vácslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slava (“fame, glory”)). Doublet of Vyacheslav.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Wenceslaus, Vácslav, *Vęťeslavъ

Inflected Forms

Wenceslas (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce wenceslaus?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɛnsəslˌɔs/.
What does wenceslaus mean?
A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Where does wenceslaus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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