Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grunion

/ˈɡɹʌnjən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: grunion
IPA: /ˈɡɹʌnjən/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two small fish, of the genus Leuresthes, found along the coast of Mexico and southern California, that spawn in the wet sand at certain high tides.

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably from American Spanish gruñón (“grunter, grouch”), from gruñir (“to grunt”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: gruñón

Inflected Forms

grunions (plural)

Rhymes With

onion bunyan runyon runyan runnion munyan munyon bunion trunnion ronyon spunion

Questions

How do you pronounce grunion?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹʌnjən/.
What does grunion mean?: Either of two small fish, of the genus Leuresthes, found along the coast of Mexico and southern California, that spawn in the wet sand at certain high tides.
Where does grunion come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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