Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishetarian

/ˌfɪ.ʃəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fishetar-i-an
IPA: /ˌfɪ.ʃəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.

Informal

Example Sentences

"'Okay, we can't do monkfish for the fishetarians because it's not kosher, and the koshers won't eat red meat either, so cod will do for them[…]"
"Uncle Murray is on a very strict heart healthy diet. Katherine may be a fishetarian — she has some sort of ulcer-thing I think, because I know that eating much in the way of tomatoes is a no-no for her."

Etymology

Blend of fish + vegetarian.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌfɪ.ʃəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
British English: /ˌfɪʃ.əˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

fishetarians (plural)

Rhymes With

non-proletarian pseudo-riparian super-centenarian wiktionarian nontrinitarian tricenarian denarian singularitarian lactoovovegetarian formicarian malabarian antitotalitarian

Questions

How do you pronounce fishetarian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɪ.ʃəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/.
What does fishetarian mean?: A pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
Where does fishetarian come from?: Blend of fish + vegetarian.

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