Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baccala

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: bac-cala
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dried and salted codfish.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Italian baccalà. Doublet of bacalhau and bacalao.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: baccalà

Usage

Inflected Forms

baccalas (plural) baccalà (alternative)

Questions

What does baccala mean?: Dried and salted codfish.
Where does baccala come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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