Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ourang-outang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ourang-outang
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic spelling of orangutan.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands."

Etymology

From Malay orang utan.

Word Breakdown

Root: orang utan

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

ourang-outangs (plural)

Questions

What does ourang-outang mean?: Archaic spelling of orangutan.
Where does ourang-outang come from?: From Malay orang utan.

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