Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coxinha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cox-in-ha
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A popular food consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese coxinha.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: coxinha

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

coxinhas (plural)

Questions

What does coxinha mean?: A popular food consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.
Where does coxinha come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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