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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nori

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
nori
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).

Uncountable

noun

The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of norry.

Etymology

From Japanese 海苔(のり) (nori), ultimately from Proto-Japonic *nǝri. The kanji literally mean "ocean moss", although this does not represent actual etymology as they are jukujikun (熟字訓).

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Inflected Forms

noris (plural)

Questions

What does nori mean?
A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
Where does nori come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce nori

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