How do you pronounce equivoque?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/.

equivoque

/ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

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noun

"[H]e sported in many other æquivoques of the same nature; and at dinner told the physician, that he was like the root of the tongue, as being cursedly down in the mouth."
"[T]he black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance gaily admitting their equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex."

From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”).

more equivoque (comparative) most equivoque (superlative) equivoke (alternative, archaic) equivoques (plural)