Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kugel fountain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: kugel -foun-tain
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A water feature or sculpture having a sphere that sits in a fitted hollow in a pedestal, supported by aquaplaning on a thin film of water, so that despite its weight it can be turned by hand.

Etymology

From German Kugel (“sphere, orb”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Kugel

Inflected Forms

kugel fountains (plural)

Questions

What does kugel fountain mean?: A water feature or sculpture having a sphere that sits in a fitted hollow in a pedestal, supported by aquaplaning on a thin film of water, so that despite its weight it can be turned by hand.
Where does kugel fountain come from?: It is traced to German.

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