Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonnara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ton-nara
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of specially arranged fishing nets used to catch bluefin tuna.

Etymology

From Italian tonnara.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: tonnara

Inflected Forms

tonnaras (plural) tonnare (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

almadraba

Questions

What does tonnara mean?: A set of specially arranged fishing nets used to catch bluefin tuna.
Where does tonnara come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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