Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tsuga

/ˈsuːɡə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: tsuga
IPA: /ˈsuːɡə/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any tree of genus Tsuga of conifers in the family Pinaceae, of which there are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia.

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 栂 (tsuga, “hemlock (tree)”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 栂

Inflected Forms

tsugas (plural)

Rhymes With

beluga juga ruga narluga

Questions

How do you pronounce tsuga?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsuːɡə/.
What does tsuga mean?: Any tree of genus Tsuga of conifers in the family Pinaceae, of which there are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia.
Where does tsuga come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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