Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fukui

/fukˈui/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: fukui
IPA: /fukˈui/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture in Central Japan.

name

The capital city of Fukui Prefecture.

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 福(ふく)井(い) (Fukui).

Inflected Forms

Fukuis (plural)

Rhymes With

dewey huey sui buoy chewy gooey dewy tsui mitsui lewy ennui matsui

Questions

How do you pronounce fukui?: The recorded pronunciation is /fukˈui/.
What does fukui mean?: A prefecture in Central Japan.
Where does fukui come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 福(ふく)井(い) (Fukui).

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