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jute

/d͡ʒuːt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.79 in modern English

Syllables
jute
IPA
/d͡ʒuːt/
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The plants from which this fibre is obtained.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ঝুট, -, Ēotas, *eut, *eutaz, Jutae

Usage

Inflected Forms

jutes (plural)

Derived Forms

jutelike Juteopolis Jutic Jutish

Phrases

Congo jute jute mallow nalta jute tossa jute

Homonyms

jute ute

Rhymes With

shoot suit route cute fruit root dispute boot pursuit acute recruit salute

Questions

How do you pronounce jute?
The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒuːt/.
What does jute mean?
The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
Where does jute come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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