Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

natto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: nat-to
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 納豆 (nattō).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 納豆

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

nattō (alternative)

Questions

What does natto mean?: A traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans.
Where does natto come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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