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cisco

/ˈsɪskoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
cis-co
IPA
/ˈsɪskoʊ/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.

name

Cisco Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.

Etymology

From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɪskoʊ/
  • British English: /ˈsɪskəʊ/

Inflected Forms

ciscos (plural) ciscoes (plural)

Phrases

Arctic cisco Belove cisci Bering cisco blackfin cisco deepwater cisco European cisco lake cisco least cisco

Synonyms

lake herring coregonus artedi

Rhymes With

nabisco francisco disco frisco jalisco crisco

Questions

How do you pronounce cisco?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪskoʊ/.
What does cisco mean?
Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
Where does cisco come from?
It is traced to French.

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