Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soukous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: souk-ous
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of African popular music, resembling rumba, that originated in the Congo region in the 1930s.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The title makes reference to Congolese soukous music, and so does Mr. Koenig’s guitar figure."

Etymology

From French secouer (“to shake”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: secouer

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does soukous mean?: A genre of African popular music, resembling rumba, that originated in the Congo region in the 1930s.
Where does soukous come from?: It is traced to French.

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