exocet
/ˈɛk.səʊ.seɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A French antiship missile.
Etymology
From French Exocet, from exocet (“flying fish”), from New Latin exocoetus, from Ancient Greek ἐξώκοιτος (exṓkoitos, “a kind of fish resting on shore”), from ἔξω (éxō, “out, outside, without”) + κοῖτος (koîtos, “place of rest, bed”).
Origin
- Source language: French