Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guinea hen

/ˈɡɪni hɛn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: guinea hen
IPA: /ˈɡɪni hɛn/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The female of the guinea fowl.

Countable

noun

This bird prepared as food.

Countable

noun

The meat of this bird.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen."

Usage

Inflected Forms

guinea hens (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce guinea hen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɪni hɛn/.
What does guinea hen mean?: The female of the guinea fowl.

How to pronounce guinea hen

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