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yenisei

/ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
yeni-sei
IPA
/ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Енисе́й (Jeniséj) from Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”) or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”). See more detail

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Енисе́й, Эне-Сай, Ионэсси

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/

Inflected Forms

Yenesei (alternative) Yenisey (alternative) Yenissei (alternative)

Derived Forms

Yeniseian

Phrases

Yenisei-Ostyak

Synonyms

enets entsi entsy yenisei-samoyed yeniseian entsi language yenisei-samoyed language yenisei language enets language entsy language yeniseian language

Questions

How do you pronounce yenisei?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/.
What does yenisei mean?
A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.
Where does yenisei come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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