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zacate

/zəˈkɑːteɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
za-cate
IPA
/zəˈkɑːteɪ/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish zacate, from Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: zacate, zacatl, -

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce zacate?
The recorded pronunciation is /zəˈkɑːteɪ/.
What does zacate mean?
Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage.
Where does zacate come from?
From Philippine Spanish zacate, from Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.

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