Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taro

/ˈtæɹoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: taro
IPA: /ˈtæɹoʊ/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

Uncountable

noun

Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.

Uncountable

noun

Food from a taro plant.

Uncountable

name

A river and valley in Italy.

Example Sentences

"The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream. Even though taro is the key ingredient in the ice cream, people in this area bought taro from other regions. During the post-Typhoon Morakot reconstruction process, JCA and other local organisations encouraged large numbers of farmers in Jiasian to grow taro. The Agriculture Bureau then started investing in Jiasian taro farming. Local taro ice cream makers are now using local taro to support local agriculture."

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: taro, Tarus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtæɹoʊ/
British English: /ˈtæɹəʊ/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

taros (plural)

Phrases

Chinese taro giant swamp taro giant taro metallic taro swamp taro taro cake taro flying frog taro-patch fiddle

Synonyms

colocasia elephant ears eddo old cocoyam yam dasheen madumbi taro root cocoyam edda

Homonyms

tarot

Rhymes With

narrow marrow sparrow romero aero pharaoh guerrero aguero darrow ferro ribeiro cerro

Questions

How do you pronounce taro?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtæɹoʊ/.
What does taro mean?: Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
Where does taro come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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