Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cacholong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-cho-long
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.

noun

A similar variety of opal.

Etymology

From French cacholong, said to be from Cach (“the name of a river in Bukhara”) + Kalmyk чолун (çolun, “stone”).

Inflected Forms

cacholongs (plural)

Questions

What does cacholong mean?: An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.
Where does cacholong come from?: From French cacholong, said to be from Cach (“the name of a river in Bukhara”) + Kalmyk чолун (çolun, “stone”).

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