Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burbot

/ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: bur-bot
IPA: /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbote, from Latin barba (“a beard”). Displaced native eelpout.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: barbote, barba

Inflected Forms

burbots (plural)

Synonyms

eel-pout lake lawyer lawyer eelpout ling cusk lota lota

Questions

How do you pronounce burbot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/.
What does burbot mean?: A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.
Where does burbot come from?: It is traced to French.

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