langoustine
/ˈlɒŋɡəstiːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.63 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small edible European orange-pink lobster, Nephrops norvegicus
Etymology
Etymology tree French langouste Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French ine French langoustinebor. English langoustine Borrowed from French langoustine.