Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

koch

/koʊk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: koch
IPA: /koʊk/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A language of Meghalaya (India), Assam, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, and Bangladesh.

name

A surname from German.

noun

A wooden sailing ship of Russian design for use in the Arctic.

Example Sentences

"It was a one-stop political and policy shop, a sort of shadow Republican Party but crafted in the libertarian molds of the Kochs and entirely controlled by them. That wasn’t the only thing that the Koch brothers did differently."
"The remnants of the shipwrecked koch left by Russian sailors on the Faddey Islands and their hut (winter quarters) on the shore of Simsa Bay, found by hydrographers in 1940, expanded the understanding of historians of the real practical capabilities of Russian polar explorers-sailors of the seventeenth century."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Koch (“cook”), an occupational surname. Doublet of Cook and Kok.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /koʊk/
British English: /kəʊk/

Inflected Forms

Kochs (plural) koches (plural)

Phrases

Koch curve Koch island Koch snowflake Koch star Koch Hajo

Frequently Paired Words

Koch Hajo

Homonyms

coke coq

Rhymes With

auch rauch mauch wach yauch jauch brauch hauch gauch plauche broke joke

Questions

How do you pronounce koch?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊk/.
What does koch mean?: A language of Meghalaya (India), Assam, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, and Bangladesh.
Where does koch come from?: Borrowed from German Koch (“cook”), an occupational surname. Doublet of Cook and Kok.

How to pronounce koch

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