Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

solonchak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: solon-chak
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian солонча́к (solončák, “salt marsh”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: солонча́к

Usage

Inflected Forms

solonchaks (plural) solonchaki (plural)

Derived Forms

solonchakic

Questions

What does solonchak mean?: A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage.
Where does solonchak come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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