Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zakuska

/zəˈkuːskə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: za-kus-ka
IPA: /zəˈkuːskə/

24

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An assortment of hors d’oeuvres.

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian закуси́ть (zakusítʹ) Proto-Slavic *-ьka Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Russian -ка (-ka) Russian заку́ска (zakúska)bor. English zakuska Borrowed from Russian заку́ска (zakúska, “appetizer”). Doublet of zacusca.

Inflected Forms

zakuskas (plural) zakuski (plural) sakuska (alternative) zakouska (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce zakuska?: The recorded pronunciation is /zəˈkuːskə/.
What does zakuska mean?: An assortment of hors d’oeuvres.
Where does zakuska come from?: Etymology tree Russian закуси́ть (zakusítʹ) Proto-Slavic *-ьka Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Russian -ка (-ka) Russian заку́ска (zakúska)bor. English zakuska Borrowed from Russian заку́ска (zakúska, “appetizer”). Doublet of zacusca.

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