wineskin
/ˈwaɪnˌskɪn/noun
wineskin is spelled W-I-N-E-S-K-I-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wineskin means “A bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat (a goatskin), used for holding and dispensing wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wineskin is wineskins.
How many letters and syllables are in wineskin?
| Letters | 8: W-I-N-E-S-K-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is wineskin?
Wineskin appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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 wineskin?
- /ˈwaɪnˌskɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wineskin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wineskin
- wineskins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wineskin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat (a goatskin), used for holding and dispensing wine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wineskin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bag for holding wine:
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 wineskin come from?
From wine + skin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).