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pomfret

/ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
pom-fret
IPA
/ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.

noun

Any in the genus Pampus (family Stromateidae) of butterfishes.

noun

A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii, family Carangidae).

noun

A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger, family Carangidae).

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pomfrets (plural)

Phrases

Atlantic pomfret big-scale pomfret black pomfret ladder-finned pomfret Pacific pomfret pomfret cake sickle pomfret silver pomfret

Frequently Paired Words

pomfred

Synonyms

brama raii

Questions

How do you pronounce pomfret?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/.
What does pomfret mean?
A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
Where does pomfret come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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