Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triscuit

/ˈtɹɪskɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: triscuit
IPA: /ˈtɹɪskɪt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of wholewheat cracker.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

Marketing coinage, said to be from electricity and biscuit, though historical evidence is lacking; sources from around the time of its introduction interpreted the name to mean "thrice-cooked" (from tris-), like biscuit is ultimately from bis (“twice”) cuit (“cooked, baked”).

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

Triscuits (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce triscuit?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɪskɪt/.
What does triscuit mean?: A kind of wholewheat cracker.
Where does triscuit come from?: Marketing coinage, said to be from electricity and biscuit, though historical evidence is lacking; sources from around the time of its introduction interpreted the name to mean "thrice-cooked" (from tris-), like biscuit is ultimately from bis (“twice”) cuit (“cooked, baked”).

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