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taimen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
taimen
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Russian тайме́нь (tajménʹ, “Hucho taimen”), from Middle Russian таймень (tajmenʹ), from Old Novgorodian таимень (taimenĭ), from Finnish taimen (“Salmo trutta”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: тайме́нь, таймень, таимень, taimen

Inflected Forms

taimens (plural)

Synonyms

Siberian salmon Siberian taimen

Questions

What does taimen mean?
A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.
Where does taimen come from?
It is traced to Russian.

How to pronounce taimen

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