Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caique

/kɑːˈiːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: caique
IPA: /kɑːˈiːk/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.

noun

Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.

Example Sentences

"Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions."

Etymology

Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık), from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kayık.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: caïque, caicco, قایق, *kiayguk, caíque

Inflected Forms

caiques (plural) caïc (alternative) caicco (alternative) caieque (alternative) caïque (alternative) kaik (alternative) kaiki (alternative) kajik (alternative) kayik (alternative) saique (alternative)

Derived Forms

caïquejee

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce caique?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑːˈiːk/.
What does caique mean?: A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
Where does caique come from?: It is traced to French.

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