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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kype
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

noun

Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”).

verb

Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”).

Etymology

From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

kypes (plural) kipe (alternative) kypes (present, singular) kyping (participle, present) kyped (participle, past) kyped (past)

Questions

What does kype mean?
The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
Where does kype come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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