Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penguinese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-guinese
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The language supposedly used by penguins.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The next thing, a penguin will walk in here, tip his top hat, and abase himself while he mutters obsequiously in penguinese."

Etymology

From penguin + -ese.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: penguin

Usage

Questions

What does penguinese mean?: The language supposedly used by penguins.
Where does penguinese come from?: From penguin + -ese.

How to pronounce penguinese

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