Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhino

/ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: rhi-no
IPA: /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic; Slang; Uncountable

noun

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"When so be as a man has no money, why then, a savin and exceptin your onnur's reverence, a's but a poor dog. But when so be as a man as got the rhino, why then a may begin to hold up his head."
"There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out and outer, I spliced her, and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted."
"—Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino. Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw"
"‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’"
"This cutting from an East African newspaper caught our eye last month: "The up mail train from Mombasa was held up for an hour at Kibwezi by an angry rhino on Monday night.""

Etymology

Unknown.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/
British English: /ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rino (alternative) rhinos (plural)

Derived Forms

rhinoless rhinolike

Phrases

black rhino Indian rhino Javan rhino Merck's rhino narrow-nosed rhino rhino beetle rhino ferry Sumatran rhino

Synonyms

rhinoceros

Homonyms

RINO

Rhymes With

albino indian rhino dino lino wino

Questions

How do you pronounce rhino?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/.
What does rhino mean?: Money.
Where does rhino come from?: Unknown.

How to pronounce rhino

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