Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talisay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: tal-isay
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree of species Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond.

name

A city in Cebu, Philippines.

Etymology

From Spanish talisay or Tagalog talisay from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talisay.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: talisay, *talisay

Inflected Forms

talisays (plural)

Questions

What does talisay mean?: A tree of species Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond.
Where does talisay come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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