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almadie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
al-madie
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa.

noun

A boat formerly used by traders off the coast of India, about eighty feet long and six or seven feet wide.

Etymology

From French almadie (compare Spanish & Portuguese almadia), from Arabic مَعْدِيَة (maʕdiya, “ferry”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ع د و, almadie, مَعْدِيَة

Inflected Forms

almadies (plural) almadia (alternative)

Questions

What does almadie mean?
A canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa.
Where does almadie come from?
It is traced to French.

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