schmaltz

What does schmaltz mean?

schmaltz means "(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music".

How many syllables are in schmaltz?

schmaltz has 1 syllable: schmaltz. In IPA it is /ˈʃmɑlts/.

What is another word for schmaltz?

Close synonyms include shmaltz, schmalz. 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 schmaltz a common word?

schmaltz 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for schmaltz come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.