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Estonian

Es·to·ni·an/ɛˈstoʊ.ni.ən/adjective, noun

Estonian is spelled E-S-T-O-N-I-A-N: 8 letters and 4 syllables (Es·to·ni·an). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Estonian means “Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Estonian?

Letters8: E-S-T-O-N-I-A-N
Syllables4: Es·to·ni·an
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is Estonian?

Estonian appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Estonian?

  • UK /ɛˈstəʊ.nɪ.ən/
  • US /ɛˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
  • US /ɛˈstoʊn.jən/

Estonian has 4 syllables, split Es·to·ni·an in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Estonian.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with Estonian?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Estonian from its last stressed vowel (/oʊniən/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of Estonian

  • Est.
  • Estonians plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Estonian mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language.

noun

  1. 1

    A person of the indigenous ethnic group of Estonia or someone descended from such people.

  2. 2

    rareAny person from Estonia or someone descended from such people.

  3. 3

    The Uralic language that is the official language of Estonia.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Estonian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchestonien, estonienne (of, from, or pertaining to the country of…), Estonien, Estonienne (person)
Germanestnisch (of, from, or pertaining to the country of…), Este, Estin (person), Estnisch (language)
Portugueseestônio, estónio (of, from, or pertaining to the country of…), estoniano (person)
Spanishestonio (of, from, or pertaining to the country of…), estonia (person)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Estonian come from?

From Estonia + -an.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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