menorah
/mɪˈnɔːɹə/noun
menorah is spelled M-E-N-O-R-A-H: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, menorah means “A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of menorah is menoroth or menorot.
How many letters and syllables are in menorah?
| Letters | 7: M-E-N-O-R-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is menorah?
Menorah appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th 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 menorah?
- /mɪˈnɔːɹə/
Menorah has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-menorah.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of menorah
- menoroth plural
- menorot plural
- menorahs plural
- menora
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does menorah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
- 2
A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Menorah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense seven-branch candelabrum:
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 menorah come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).