Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

climbing gourami

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: climb-ing -goura-mi
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish of the taxonomic family Anabantidae.

Example Sentences

"Ananantidae. This family, known as the climbing gouramis, contains three genera, Anabas (1 species), Cteropoma (at least 25 species) and Sandelia (2)."
"The anabantids, or climbing gouramis (Channa), are adapted to freshwater wetlands."
"2001, E. Yu. Krysanov, A. S. Golubtsov, Journal of Ichthyology, Volume 41, Issues 6-9, page 698, Eight species of the African climbing gourami genera Ctenopoma and Microctenopoma were karyologically studied using the air-dried method."

Etymology

From climbing + gourami.

Inflected Forms

climbing gouramis (plural) climbing gouramies (plural)

Phrases

labyrinth fish

Frequently Paired Words

gourami labyrinth fish

Synonyms

anabantid climbing perch

Questions

What does climbing gourami mean?: Any fish of the taxonomic family Anabantidae.
Where does climbing gourami come from?: From climbing + gourami.

How to pronounce climbing gourami

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “climbing gourami”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “climbing gourami”.
Repeat and practice — Say “climbing gourami” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.