Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hounfour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: houn-four
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voodoo temple.

Example Sentences

"A stretch of straw mats is laid on the ground leading from the door of the hounfor."
"I arrived around ten and was taken into the peristyle, the roofed court of the hounfour, and was led around a semicircle of tables to the one where Beauvoir sat at the head."
"In the afternoon, Magda and I went out to purchase some gifts: perfume for Ezili and a bottle of rum for the ounfò."
"Because her Western science has failed to restore Jessica to health, Betsy secretly takes her charge to see the houngan priest at the hounfour for help."

Etymology

From Haitian Creole oungfò.

Word Breakdown

Root: oungfò

Inflected Forms

hounfours (plural) hounfor (alternative) ounfò (alternative)

Questions

What does hounfour mean?: A voodoo temple.
Where does hounfour come from?: From Haitian Creole oungfò.

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