Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kalkoentjie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kalkoen-tjie
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx.

noun

Any of several South African gladioli.

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kalkoentjie, diminutive of kalkoen.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: kalkoentjie

Inflected Forms

kalkoentjies (plural)

Questions

What does kalkoentjie mean?: Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx.
Where does kalkoentjie come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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