Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

warung

/ˈwɑ.ɹʊŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: warung
IPA: /ˈwɑ.ɹʊŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (in both countries) or convenience store (in Indonesia).

Example Sentences

"Daud Yusof who runs one of the four warungs in the kampung said his business has been affectred because of the flies and claimed his earnings from selling nasi berlauk has dropped by 40 percent."
"Walking allows us to know precisely what kind and where to put convenient and comfort shelters like public toilets, benchs, kiosks, warungs and wakafs."
"And of Mozaic Restaurant, an absolutely trumped-up Wine Spectator/Grandes Tables du Monde affair where tabs can run up to $100 or more that served food far less interesting and tasty than the $1.50 plates of nasi campur at the local restaurants called warungs."

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay warung.

Inflected Forms

warungs (plural) waroeng (alternative) warong (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce warung?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɑ.ɹʊŋ/.
What does warung mean?: A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (in both countries) or convenience store (in Indonesia).
Where does warung come from?: Borrowed from Malay warung.

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