Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

k9

/ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: K-9
IPA: /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/

5

Scrabble Score

1

Letters

2

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trained police dog.

Example Sentences

"Police working dogs (K9s) often have extremely close bonds with their handlers."
"Originally a K9 dog for the police department, Captain was asked to resign for unknown reasons."
"Apollo, part of the New York Police Department K9 Search and Rescue team was on the scene of the disaster just 15 minutes after the disaster"
"The Saitama Prefectural Police Department, for example, had no K9 units of its own, and relied on contract dogs exclusively."

Etymology

Pseudo-acronym of canine, by phonetic similarity of the letter and number names with the two syllables of canine.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/
British English: /ˈkeɪnaɪn/

Inflected Forms

K9s (plural) K-9 (alternative)

Homonyms

canine

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce k9?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/.
What does k9 mean?: A trained police dog.
Where does k9 come from?: Pseudo-acronym of canine, by phonetic similarity of the letter and number names with the two syllables of canine.

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