Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recycle shop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: re-cy-cle shop
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secondhand shop.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese リサイクルショップ (risaikuru shoppu), from English recycle + shop.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: リサイクルショップ, recycle

Inflected Forms

recycle shops (plural)

Questions

What does recycle shop mean?: A secondhand shop.
Where does recycle shop come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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