Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookname

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-name
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A name, such as of a plant or animal, that occurs in (especially technical) literature but does not have much currency in the spoken language.

noun

In Imperial China, a name given to a student on starting school.

Etymology

From book + name.

Inflected Forms

booknames (plural)

Questions

What does bookname mean?: A name, such as of a plant or animal, that occurs in (especially technical) literature but does not have much currency in the spoken language.
Where does bookname come from?: From book + name.

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