furfur
/ˈfɝfɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "‘Aye,’ said WS, still in bed, scratching his baldness, examining the furfur in his fingernails."
Etymology
From Latin furfur (“bran”), reduplication of *fur, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-, metathesis of *gʰrus- (compare Lithuanian grū́sti (“to grind (barley)”), Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin, husk”)).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: furfur, *gʰur-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɝfɚ/
- British English: /ˈfɜːfə/