Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cassava

/kəˈsɑ.və/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: cas-sa-va
IPA: /kəˈsɑ.və/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The root of this plant.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There was a smell of evening and of coolness after a hot day and a slight scent of peat-smoke that came from cassava being roasted in one of the fishermen's huts in the village away to the right."
"Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”) (whence Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.

Word Breakdown

Root: *kasabi, *sapi

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈsɑ.və/
British English: /kəˈsɑː.və/

Usage

Inflected Forms

cassavas (plural) cassaba (alternative) cassada (alternative)

Phrases

cassava wood

Synonyms

yuca casava manioc cassava starch manioca

Rhymes With

java lava ava cava guava brava balaclava kava baklava slava fava ottava

Questions

How do you pronounce cassava?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈsɑ.və/.
What does cassava mean?: Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
Where does cassava come from?: Borrowed from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”) (whence Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.

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