Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whydah

/ˈ(h)wɪdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: why-dah
IPA: /ˈ(h)wɪdə/

19

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.

Etymology

Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.

Inflected Forms

whydahs (plural) whidah (alternative) whyda (alternative) wydah (alternative)

Phrases

eastern paradise whydah long-tailed paradise whydah

Synonyms

whidah widow bird

Rhymes With

phyllida

Questions

How do you pronounce whydah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈ(h)wɪdə/.
What does whydah mean?: Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.
Where does whydah come from?: Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.

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