Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crapo

/ˈkɹeɪpoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: crapo
IPA: /ˈkɹeɪpoʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

Alternative form of crappo (“toad”).

Example Sentences

"“The question is PNTR, which is absent. And then they had some other stuff on the WTO in there, which is kind of hollow if we don’t do PNTR,” Crapo said earlier in the day."

Etymology

Uncertain origin and variable origins depending on the ancestry of the bearer : * In some cases, possibly borrowed from Sicilian crapu (“he-goat”), masculine and obsolete form of crapa (“she-goat”). Compare also Italian capro. * In some cases, from French Crépeau, derived from Middle French Crespeau or Crepeau, itself from Old French cresp.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: crapu, Crépeau, Crespeau, cresp

Inflected Forms

Crapos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce crapo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹeɪpoʊ/.
What does crapo mean?: A surname.
Where does crapo come from?: It is traced to French.

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