Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yquem

/ˈikwəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: yquem
IPA: /ˈikwəm/

19

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Château d'Yquem, a prestigious wine produced in Sauternes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French, itself from Occitan Iquem, variant of Eiquem (French: Eyquem), from Latin Achelmus/Aichelmus, ultimately from Germanic.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Iquem, Achelmus

Usage

Inflected Forms

Yquems (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce yquem?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈikwəm/.
What does yquem mean?: Château d'Yquem, a prestigious wine produced in Sauternes.
Where does yquem come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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