Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cangue

/kæŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cangue
IPA: /kæŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals.

Etymology

From French cangue, from Portuguese canga.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cangue, canga

Inflected Forms

cangues (plural)

Rhymes With

hang gang bang sang wang yang lang chang rang dang tang mustang

Questions

How do you pronounce cangue?: The recorded pronunciation is /kæŋ/.
What does cangue mean?: A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals.
Where does cangue come from?: It is traced to French.

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