Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [muh-gil-uh; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew muh-gee-lah]
- /məˈgɪl ə; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew mə giˈlɑ/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [muh-gil-uh; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew muh-gee-lah]
- /məˈgɪl ə; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew mə giˈlɑ/
Definitions of megillot word
- noun plural megillot Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter. 1
- noun plural megillot (italics) Hebrew. a scroll, especially one containing the Book of Esther. Others are the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, the Book of Ruth, and the Book of Lamentations. 1
- noun megillot plural of megillah. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of megillot
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
1950-55; < Yiddish megile literally, scroll < Hebrew məgillāh
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Megillot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
megillot popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
megillot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with m
- Words starting with me
- Words starting with meg
- Words starting with megi
- Words starting with megil
- Words starting with megill
- Words starting with megillo
- Words starting with megillot