Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarako

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tarako
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 鱈子 (“tarako”) from 鱈 (tara, “cod”) + 子 (ko, “roe”).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tarako mean?: A Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).
Where does tarako come from?: From Japanese 鱈子 (“tarako”) from 鱈 (tara, “cod”) + 子 (ko, “roe”).

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