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dragon boat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
drag-on boat
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán).

Inflected Forms

dragon boats (plural)

Phrases

Dragon Boat Festival dragon boating ice dragon boat ice dragon boating Viking longship

Frequently Paired Words

Viking longship

Questions

What does dragon boat mean?
A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.
Where does dragon boat come from?
Calque from Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán).

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