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okoume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ok-oume
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Aucoumea klaineana, an African hardwood.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from certain Gabonese Bantu (Cf. Myene okumé, Viya okumé, Tsogo okumé) via French okoumé.

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Inflected Forms

okoumé (alternative)

Questions

What does okoume mean?
Aucoumea klaineana, an African hardwood.
Where does okoume come from?
It is traced to French.

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