Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kob

/kɒb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
kob
IPA
/kɒb/
9
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.

noun

Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.

name

The station code of Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong.

Etymology

Probably from Kanuri kob (“antelope”) or another related Central Sudanic form.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

kobs (plural) koba (alternative)

Synonyms

kobus kob

Homonyms

cobb

Rhymes With

job bob rob mob cobb knob gear knob ob sob fob blob cob

Questions

How do you pronounce kob?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɒb/.
What does kob mean?
An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
Where does kob come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce kob

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