Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crokinole

/ˈkɹoʊ.kəˌnoʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: croki-nole
IPA: /ˈkɹoʊ.kəˌnoʊl/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.

Uncountable

noun

Any of the discs used in this game.

Countable

Etymology

From French croquignole (“a flick”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: croquignole

Usage

Inflected Forms

crokinoles (plural)

Derived Forms

crokicurl

Questions

How do you pronounce crokinole?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹoʊ.kəˌnoʊl/.
What does crokinole mean?: A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
Where does crokinole come from?: It is traced to French.

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