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caracal

/ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
ca-ra-cal
IPA
/ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.

name

A city in Olt County, Romania.

Etymology

From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: caracal, قره قولاق, سیاهگوش

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/
  • British English: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/

Inflected Forms

caracals (plural)

Derived Forms

caraval servical

Synonyms

African lynx Asian lynx Persian lynx Indian lynx desert lynx lynx floppa lynx caracal

Questions

How do you pronounce caracal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/.
What does caracal mean?
A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
Where does caracal come from?
It is traced to French.

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