Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stokvis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stokvis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of stockfish (“shallow water Cape hake”).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Afrikaans stokvis, from Dutch stokvis.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: stokvis

Usage

Inflected Forms

stokvises (plural)

Questions

What does stokvis mean?: Alternative form of stockfish (“shallow water Cape hake”).
Where does stokvis come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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