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onça

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
on-ca
IPA
3
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.

Etymology

From Portuguese onça, from Latin ū̆ncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, inch, onza, oka, ouguiya, awqiyyah, and uncia

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: onça, ū̆ncia, *óynos

Inflected Forms

onças (plural) onca (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

grao (1⁄576 onça) vintem (1⁄256 onça) quilate (1⁄144 onça) escropulo (1⁄24 onça) oitava (1⁄8 onça) quarta (4 onças) marco (8 onças) libra

Questions

What does onça mean?
A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.
Where does onça come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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