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wagyu

/ˈwæɡ.juː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
wagyu
IPA
/ˈwæɡ.juː/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.

Countable

noun

Beef from such cattle.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Japanese 和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) (wagyū), from Middle Chinese 和 (MC hwa, “a gloss for 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”)”) + 牛 (MC ngjuw, “cow”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

wagyus (plural)

Derived Forms

Wangus washugyu

Synonyms

Kobe

Questions

How do you pronounce wagyu?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwæɡ.juː/.
What does wagyu mean?
Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
Where does wagyu come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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