Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kukla

/kˈʌklə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: kuk-la
IPA: /kˈʌklə/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname (sometimes also found in Germany), from kukla (“cowl hood”) (presumably related to Latin cucullus, and thus English cowl). In Polish this also refers to a kind of puppet and a bread roll.

Origin

Source language: Polish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, cucullus

Inflected Forms

Kuklas (plural)

Rhymes With

shukla

Questions

How do you pronounce kukla?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌklə/.
What does kukla mean?: A surname.
Where does kukla come from?: It is traced to Polish.

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