Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tyee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: ty-ee
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tribal chief of the Chinookan peoples in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

noun

A large chinook salmon that weighs more than 13.5 kg.

Canadian usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook.

Usage

Canadian usage

Inflected Forms

tyees (plural)

Questions

What does tyee mean?: A tribal chief of the Chinookan peoples in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Where does tyee come from?: Borrowed from Chinook.

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