Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duiker

/ˈdaɪkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: duik-er
IPA: /ˈdaɪkɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.

Example Sentences

"Next day she rose early, and went out with the gun and killed a duiker on the edge of the Big Tobacco Land (where her father had grown tobacco during his season's phase of believing in it)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans duiker (literally “diver”), from Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Piecewise doublet of ducker.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: duiker, dukere

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdaɪkɚ/
British English: /ˈdaɪkə/

Inflected Forms

duikers (plural) duyker (alternative)

Phrases

Abbott's duiker Ader's duiker banded duiker bay duiker black duiker black-fronted duiker blue duiker common duiker

Homonyms

diker

Rhymes With

striker biker hiker ryker liker piker psyker

Questions

How do you pronounce duiker?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaɪkɚ/.
What does duiker mean?: Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
Where does duiker come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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