Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrasse

/ɹæs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: wrasse
IPA: /ɹæs/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.

Etymology

Plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh (“old woman, hag; wrasse”), lenited form of gwragh.

Word Breakdown

Root: wragh

Inflected Forms

wrasses (plural)

Phrases

ballan wrasse blueside wrasse comb wrasse humphead wrasse East Atlantic peacock wrasse Galápagos sheepshead wrasse green wrasse Maori wrasse

Synonyms

sea parrot

Rhymes With

class world-class pass gas ass mass glass low mass grass bass brass snake in the grass

Questions

How do you pronounce wrasse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹæs/.
What does wrasse mean?: Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.
Where does wrasse come from?: Plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh (“old woman, hag; wrasse”), lenited form of gwragh.

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