Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yerba mate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: yer-ba -mate
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.

Etymology

From South American Spanish yerba mate (literally “maté herb”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: yerba mate

Inflected Forms

yerba mates (plural) herva maté (alternative) yerba maté (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

guayusa

Questions

What does yerba mate mean?: Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.
Where does yerba mate come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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