kvetch

Other forms of kvetch

plural

kvetches·

past tense

kvetched·

present participle

kvetching·

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 kvetch

What does kvetch mean?

kvetch means "(Yiddish) a constant complainer". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kvetch?

kvetch has 1 syllable: kvetch. In IPA it is /ˈkvɛtʃ/.

What is another word for kvetch?

Close synonyms include complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch. 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 kvetch a common word?

kvetch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.