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papingo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-pin-go
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

parrot (bird)

noun

popinjay (bird-shaped target in archery)

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots papingo, ultimately from Old French papegai. Cognate to popinjay, German Papagei, Dutch papegaai.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: papingo, papegai

Inflected Forms

papingos (plural) papingoes (plural) papingoe (alternative) popingo (alternative)

Questions

What does papingo mean?
parrot (bird)
Where does papingo come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce papingo

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