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ochava

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ocha-va
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 3.6 g.

Etymology

From Spanish ochava (“⅛ Spanish ounce”), from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”). Doublet of octave, octavo, and oitava.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ochava, octāvus

Inflected Forms

ochavas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

grano (1⁄72 ochava) tomin (1⁄6 ochava) escrupulo (1⁄3 ochava) adarme (1⁄2 ochava) castellano (1+1⁄3 ochavas) onza (8 ochavas)

Synonyms

eighth

Questions

What does ochava mean?
A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 3.6 g.
Where does ochava come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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