Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intai-zumo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-tai-zu-mo
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A one-day exhibition tournament to commemorate the retirement of a salaried rikishi.

Etymology

From Japanese 引退相撲 (intai-zumō, literally “retirement sumo”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 引退相撲

Questions

What does intai-zumo mean?: A one-day exhibition tournament to commemorate the retirement of a salaried rikishi.
Where does intai-zumo come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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