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decotora

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-co-to-ra
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of Japanese big trucks, which are customized by their owner-operators into graphic and sculptural displays which also carry loads.

Etymology

From Japanese dekotora (dekotora), from デコトラ, from デコ+トラ, from デコレーション (“dekorēshon (dekorēshon)”) + トラッ (“torakku (torakku)”), from English decorated + truck.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

decotoras (plural) dekotora (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

deco

Questions

What does decotora mean?
A genre of Japanese big trucks, which are customized by their owner-operators into graphic and sculptural displays which also carry loads.
Where does decotora come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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