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peniche

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
peniche
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An engine-powered steel ship or vessel, larger than 15 meters, used for inland water transportation, and often modified in order to act as a docked restaurant or hotel.

noun

Material inserted between a half-model, often of an airplane, and the wall of a wind tunnel.

Etymology

From French péniche.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

peniches (plural)

Questions

What does peniche mean?
An engine-powered steel ship or vessel, larger than 15 meters, used for inland water transportation, and often modified in order to act as a docked restaurant or hotel.
Where does peniche come from?
It is traced to French.

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