Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiddlewood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fid-dle-wood
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of these trees.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From fiddle + wood, a corruption of French bois-fidèle (“faithful wood”), so called from its durability.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bois-fidèle

Usage

Inflected Forms

fiddlewoods (plural)

Questions

What does fiddlewood mean?: The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.
Where does fiddlewood come from?: It is traced to French.

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