Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tensan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ten-san
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A silk produced by the Japanese oak silkmoth (Antherea yamamai).

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 天蚕 (tensan, “tensan moth; tensan silk”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 天蚕

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tensan mean?: A silk produced by the Japanese oak silkmoth (Antherea yamamai).
Where does tensan come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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