Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zaum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: za-um
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.

Etymology

From Russian за́умь (záumʹ, literally “nonsense”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: за́умь

Synonyms

beyonsense transreason

Questions

What does zaum mean?: Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
Where does zaum come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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