Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

becard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-card
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus.

Etymology

From French bécard, bécarde, beccard (“a merganser with a prominent beak”), equivalent to bec (“beak”) + -ard.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bécard

Inflected Forms

becards (plural)

Questions

What does becard mean?: A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus.
Where does becard come from?: It is traced to French.

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