Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peranakan

/pəɹænəˈkæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: per-anakan
IPA: /pəɹænəˈkæn/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand).

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pəɹænəˈkæn/
British English: /pəɹanəˈkan/

Inflected Forms

Peranakans (plural)

Phrases

Peranakan Indonesian Chinese mestizo Mestizo de Sangley

Frequently Paired Words

Sangley Chinese mestizo Mestizo de Sangley mestizo mestiza singkek totok

Synonyms

Nanyang

Questions

How do you pronounce peranakan?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəɹænəˈkæn/.
What does peranakan mean?: A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand).
Where does peranakan come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.

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