Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinquapin

/ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: chin-quapin
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:

noun

Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:

noun

Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:

noun

Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees.

noun

Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs.

noun

Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.

noun

A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.

noun

A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).

Etymology

Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).

Inflected Forms

chinquapins (plural) chinkapin (alternative) chincapin (alternative)

Phrases

chinquapin oak chinquapin rose giant chinquapin golden chinquapin water chinquapin western chinquapin

Synonyms

chinkapin oak shellcracker Georgia bream cherry gill chinkapin improved bream rouge ear sunfish sun perch

Questions

How do you pronounce chinquapin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/.
What does chinquapin mean?: Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:
Where does chinquapin come from?: Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).

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