Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sourstuff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sourstuff
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Oxygen.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sour + stuff. Calque of German Sauerstoff (“oxygen”) and/or Dutch zuurstof (“oxygen”), both loose loan translations of French oxygène. See oxygen for more.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: zuurstof, oxygène

Usage

Questions

What does sourstuff mean?
Oxygen.
Where does sourstuff come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce sourstuff

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