Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grouper

/ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: grouper
IPA: /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.

noun

One who groups things.

noun

Dated

Example Sentences

"There was also a little roundfaced brunette named Marilyn who told me she used to be a teenie grouper hanging out with a rock'n'roll group called The Wild Flowers but now she was mainly with Bobby Petersen."

Etymology

From Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare garrupa.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: garoupa

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

groupers (plural) groper (alternative) grooper (alternative, archaic)

Phrases

areolate grouper argus grouper black grouper blackfin grouper blacktip grouper blotch grouper bluespotted grouper) broomtail grouper)

Rhymes With

super cooper trooper hooper duper stupor pooper looper blooper kuiper scooper kuper

Questions

How do you pronounce grouper?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/.
What does grouper mean?: Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
Where does grouper come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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