mallard
/ˈmælɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
Countable
name
A minor city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States, named for the duck.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A ghost town in Itasca Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States, named after a nearby lake.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmælɚd/
- British English: /ˈmælˌɑːd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
mallards (plural)
maudelard (alternative, obsolete)