Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kingklip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kingk-lip
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A popular South African food fish; Genypterus capensis.

Etymology

From Afrikaans kingklip (“king rock fish”), from Dutch koningklipvisch.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: kingklip, koningklipvisch

Inflected Forms

kingklips (plural)

Questions

What does kingklip mean?: A popular South African food fish; Genypterus capensis.
Where does kingklip come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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