Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bandicoot

/ˈbændiˌkut/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
bandi-coot
IPA
/ˈbændiˌkut/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.

noun

A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.

verb

To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.

Australian usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: పందికొక్కు

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbændiˌkut/
  • British English: /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bandicoots (plural) bandy-coot (alternative, obsolete) bandicoots (present, singular) bandicooting (participle, present) bandicooted (participle, past) bandicooted (past)

Phrases

bandicoot grass bandicoot rats desert bandicoot eastern barred bandicoot eastern striped bandicoot Fly River bandicoot giant bandicoot golden bandicoot

Synonyms

peramelid

Questions

How do you pronounce bandicoot?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbændiˌkut/.
What does bandicoot mean?
Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
Where does bandicoot come from?
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.

How to pronounce bandicoot

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “bandicoot”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈbændiˌkut/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “bandicoot”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “bandicoot” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.