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talapoin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ta-lapoin
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.

noun

A Buddhist monk or priest.

Archaic

Etymology

From French talapoin, from Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: talapoin, talapão, တၠဳ ပိုဲ

Usage

Inflected Forms

talapoins (plural) tallapoi (alternative)

Synonyms

cercopithecus talapoin

Questions

What does talapoin mean?
A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.
Where does talapoin come from?
It is traced to French.

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