Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vansire

/ˈvænsɪə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: van-sire
IPA: /ˈvænsɪə(ɹ)/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ichneumon, Atilax paludinosus (syn. Herpestes galera), native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.

Etymology

Borrowed from French vansire, from Malagasy vontsira.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: vansire, vontsira

Inflected Forms

vansires (plural)

Synonyms

vondsira water mongoose marsh mongoose marsh ichneumon

Questions

How do you pronounce vansire?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvænsɪə(ɹ)/.
What does vansire mean?: An ichneumon, Atilax paludinosus (syn. Herpestes galera), native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.
Where does vansire come from?: It is traced to French.

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