chanukah

Other forms of chanukah

plural

chanukahs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chanukah

What does chanukah mean?

chanukah means "(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC".

How many syllables are in chanukah?

chanukah has 3 syllables: cha-nu-kah. The stress falls on "cha". In IPA it is /ˈhɑnəkə/.

What is another word for chanukah?

Close synonyms include Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukkah, Channukah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chanukah a common word?

chanukah is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chanukah?

1 word rhymes with chanukah. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.