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perlemoen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-lemoen
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

abalone

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans perlemoen, from Dutch perlemoer (“mother-of-pearl”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: perlemoen, perlemoer

Usage

Questions

What does perlemoen mean?
abalone
Where does perlemoen come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

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