Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

areca

/əˈriːkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: are-ca
IPA: /əˈriːkə/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.

Etymology

Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: -, അടയ്ക്ക, *aṭ-ay-kkāy

Inflected Forms

arecas (plural)

Phrases

areca nut areca palm

Frequently Paired Words

beetel betel paan

Questions

How do you pronounce areca?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈriːkə/.
What does areca mean?: Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
Where does areca come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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