Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boobook

/ˈbuːbʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boo-book
IPA: /ˈbuːbʊk/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.

Etymology

From Dharug bokbok (imitative of the primary call of the Australian boobook, Ninox boobook).

Word Breakdown

Root: bokbok

Inflected Forms

boobooks (plural) boobok (alternative) bookbook (alternative) bokbook (alternative)

Phrases

Alor boobook Andaman boobook Australian boobook barking boobook Bismarck boobook brown boobook Buru boobook Camiguin boobook

Synonyms

boobook owl hawk owl

Questions

How do you pronounce boobook?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbuːbʊk/.
What does boobook mean?: Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.
Where does boobook come from?: From Dharug bokbok (imitative of the primary call of the Australian boobook, Ninox boobook).

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