Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ayu

/ɑːjuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: ayu
IPA: /ɑːjuː/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sweetfish, an amphidromous game fish of East Asia of species Plecoglossus altivelis, prized for its sweet-tasting flesh and subject to extensive aquaculture.

Uncountable

name

A language spoken in Kaduna State of Nigeria.

Etymology

From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 鮎

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

ayus (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Ayu terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Ayu terms

Synonyms

ai

Questions

How do you pronounce ayu?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɑːjuː/.
What does ayu mean?: A sweetfish, an amphidromous game fish of East Asia of species Plecoglossus altivelis, prized for its sweet-tasting flesh and subject to extensive aquaculture.
Where does ayu come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce ayu

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