Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sillock

/ˈsɪ.lək/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sil-lock
IPA: /ˈsɪ.lək/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.

Etymology

From sill (“newly hatched young of fish, fry”) + -ock, ultimately from Old Norse síl, síld (“herring”), whence also dialectal Swedish sil (“the young of fish, fry”) and Norwegian sil (“sand-eel”). More at sile.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sill

Inflected Forms

sillocks (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sillock?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪ.lək/.
What does sillock mean?: A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.
Where does sillock come from?: From sill (“newly hatched young of fish, fry”) + -ock, ultimately from Old Norse síl, síld (“herring”), whence also dialectal Swedish sil (“the young of fish, fry”) and Norwegian sil (“sand-eel”). More at sile.

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