Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taos

/taʊs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: taos
IPA: /taʊs/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

adj

Of or pertaining to the Taos people or language.

noun

An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.

name

The pueblo which they inhabit, which, being about one thousand years old, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States.

name

The Kiowa-Tanoan lect they speak, which is either closely related to or a dialect of northern Tiwa.

name

A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo.

name

A city and town in Missouri.

Etymology

From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Taos, tə̂o

Phrases

Taos County Taos Mountains Taos Pueblo Wiktionary’s coverage of Taos terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Taos terms

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce taos?: The recorded pronunciation is /taʊs/.
What does taos mean?: plural of tao
Where does taos come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce taos

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