Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beccal

/ˈbɛkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bec-cal
IPA: /ˈbɛkəl/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a beak or bill.

Example Sentences

"It faced me…its ominous Beak crank’d open…it quack’d, its eye holding a certain gleam, and began to speak, in a curious Accent, inflected heavily with linguo-beccal Fricatives […]"

Etymology

From Latin beccus (“beak”).

Questions

How do you pronounce beccal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛkəl/.
What does beccal mean?: Pertaining to a beak or bill.
Where does beccal come from?: From Latin beccus (“beak”).

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