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Garfinkel

Garfinkel proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Garfinkel (plural Garfinkels)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Garfinkel

pluralGarfinkels
alternative formGarfunkel

Origin of Garfinkel

From Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl, “carbuncle”).

Words formed from Garfinkel

Questions about Garfinkel

What does Garfinkel mean?
Garfinkel means a surname.
What part of speech is Garfinkel?
Garfinkel is a proper noun.

Words near Garfinkel in the dictionary

  1. Garff
  2. Garfield
  3. Garfield County
  4. Garfield Heights
  5. Garfield North
  6. Garfinkel
  7. Garfinkelian
  8. Garfinkels
  9. garfish
  10. garfishes
  11. Garforth

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