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nuoc mam

/nʌk mɑm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
nuoc -mam
IPA
/nʌk mɑm/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese nước mắm (“salted fish sauce”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: nước mắm

Usage

Inflected Forms

nuoc mams (plural)

Phrases

nuoc nhut nam pla

Frequently Paired Words

nuoc nhut nam pla

Questions

How do you pronounce nuoc mam?
The recorded pronunciation is /nʌk mɑm/.
What does nuoc mam mean?
A fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.
Where does nuoc mam come from?
It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce nuoc mam

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