Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishfolk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fish-folk
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fish collectively, especially when treated anthropomorphically as a culture.

Example Sentences

"The Angelfish are now up the river with the other rotten fish—including Barry, Terry and Jerry Cuda, who used to frighten fishfolk on Fourth Street."

Etymology

Compound of fish + folk.

Frequently Paired Words

fisherfolk

Questions

What does fishfolk mean?: Fish collectively, especially when treated anthropomorphically as a culture.
Where does fishfolk come from?: Compound of fish + folk.

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