shmaltz

What does shmaltz mean?

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

How many syllables are in shmaltz?

shmaltz has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for shmaltz?

Close synonyms include schmaltz, 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 shmaltz a common word?

shmaltz 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for shmaltz come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.