Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

komondor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: komon-dor
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large Hungarian breed of livestock guard dog with a long, corded coat.

Example Sentences

"The coat of the Komondor is extraordinarily profuse and generally matted into a veritable fleece of extreme density."
"In 1981 there were 36 known ranchers in North Dakota that had 52 Great Pyrenees (44 working and 8 training) and 2 working Komondor dogs."
"For example, the Komondor has a naturally long white coat of matted hair while a Labrador Retriever has short hair that can be sand colored, black or brown."

Etymology

From Hungarian komondor.

Origin

Source language: Hungarian

Word Breakdown

Root: komondor

Inflected Forms

Komondors (plural) Komondorok (plural)

Questions

What does komondor mean?: A large Hungarian breed of livestock guard dog with a long, corded coat.
Where does komondor come from?: It is traced to Hungarian.

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