Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batik

/bəˈtiːk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: batik
IPA: /bəˈtiːk/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

Example Sentences

"There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking combination."
"Look at her, whirling around the compound wearing batik shorts and a cotton shirt, her long black hair braided into two arcs fastened with colored bands, her teeth gleaming and one slipper broken."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *bəCik Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik Javanese bathikbor. English batik Borrowed from Javanese bathik.

Usage

Inflected Forms

batiks (plural) batiks (present, singular) batiking (participle, present) batiked (participle, past) batiked (past)

Derived Forms

batiker batiking

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce batik?: The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈtiːk/.
What does batik mean?: A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
Where does batik come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *bəCik Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik Javanese bathikbor. English batik Borrowed from Javanese bathik.

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