Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bagasse

/bəˈɡæs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: ba-gasse
IPA: /bəˈɡæs/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).

Archaic; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo (“plant residue (especially from sugar cane) after juice is extracted”), from baga (“berry”) (from Latin bāca (“berry or other small fruit; etc.”); further etymology uncertain) + -azo (augmentative suffix).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: bagazo, bāca

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bəˈɡæs/
British English: /bəˈɡæs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bagasses (plural) bagass (alternative)

Derived Forms

megass bagassosis

Phrases

bagasse disease cane juice

Frequently Paired Words

cane juice

Synonyms

megass megasse bagassosis

Rhymes With

class world-class pass gas ass mass glass low mass grass bass brass snake in the grass

Questions

How do you pronounce bagasse?: The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈɡæs/.
What does bagasse mean?: The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
Where does bagasse come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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