Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zobo

/ˈzoʊ.boʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zobo
IPA
/ˈzoʊ.boʊ/
15
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of Asian cattle, supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and yak.

noun

A Nigerian drink made from hibiscus.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Tibetan མཛོ་ཕོ (mdzo pho, “male bull–yak hybrid”); see zebu for more.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: མཛོ་ཕོ

Usage

Inflected Forms

zobos (plural) dsomo (alternative) zhobo (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Questions

How do you pronounce zobo?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzoʊ.boʊ/.
What does zobo mean?
A kind of Asian cattle, supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and yak.
Where does zobo come from?
From Tibetan མཛོ་ཕོ (mdzo pho, “male bull–yak hybrid”); see zebu for more.

How to pronounce zobo

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “zobo”.
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