Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noyau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noy-au
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.

Countable

Example Sentences

"His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc."
"Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure."
"The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) also exhibits the noyau system and appears to be the only diurnal primate with a largely solitary lifestyle."
"This "noyau" pattern is found among various nocturnal strepsirrhines."

Etymology

Borrowed from French noyau, from Middle French noyau, from Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”) or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”). Doublet of newel and noil.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: noyau, noel, nōdellus, nucālis

Usage

Inflected Forms

noyaus (plural) noyaux (plural)

Questions

What does noyau mean?: A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
Where does noyau come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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