Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caras

/kˈɑɹəz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
caras
IPA
/kˈɑɹəz/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a Greek surname, variant of Karas. Compare also Carras. * Also as a Greek surname, from the personal name Kyriakos, see also Kyriacou. * As a Romanian surname, from caras (“crucian carp”), see Karas. * As a Jewish surname of Slavic (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene), variant of Karas. * As a Polish (Karaś), Hungarian (Kárász) and Jewish surname, from the "carp" sense above.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Carases (plural)

Homonyms

karas

Rhymes With

taras tiaras karas maras

Questions

How do you pronounce caras?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑɹəz/.
What does caras mean?
A surname.
Where does caras come from?
It is traced to Greek.

How to pronounce caras

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/kˈɑɹəz/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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