Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barkus

/bˈɑɹkəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: barkus
IPA: /bˈɑɹkəs/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Various origins: * A reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery. * Borrowed from Lithuanian Barkus, a variant of Bartkus. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Barkus, a surname with an unexplained origin.

Origin

Source language: Czech

Word Breakdown

Root: Barkus, -

Inflected Forms

Barkuses (plural)

Rhymes With

marcus carcass markus farkas markkas

Questions

How do you pronounce barkus?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑɹkəs/.
What does barkus mean?: A surname.
Where does barkus come from?: It is traced to Czech.

How to pronounce barkus

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