Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [goo-rah-mee]
- /gʊˈrɑ mi/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [goo-rah-mee]
- /gʊˈrɑ mi/
Definitions of gourami word
- noun plural gourami a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food. 1
- noun plural gourami any of several small, air-breathing, nest-building Asiatic fishes of the genera Trichogaster, Colisa, and Trichopsis, often kept in aquariums. 1
- noun gourami A small, brightly colored Asian labyrinth fish, popular in aquariums. It builds a nest of bubbles, which is typically guarded by the male. 1
- noun gourami a large SE Asian labyrinth fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food and (when young) as an aquarium fish 0
- noun gourami any of various other labyrinth fishes, such as Helostoma temmincki (kissing gourami), many of which are brightly coloured and popular aquarium fishes 0
- noun gourami any of various families of tropical, freshwater percoid fishes; esp., a nest-building food fish (Osphronemus goramy) of Southeast Asia 0
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Origin of gourami
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
1875-80; < Malay (Java dial.) gurami < Javanese graméh
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Parts of speech for Gourami
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gourami popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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gourami usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with gourami
- how to tell if a gourami is male or female?
- how big do gourami fish grow?
- how to identify male and female gourami fish?
- how to take care of gourami fish?
- how to sex gourami?
- how to breed blue gourami?
- how long do gourami fish live?
- how to sex dwarf gourami?
- what do gourami fish eat?
- how to breed dwarf gourami?
- how big do gourami fish get?
- how to sex a gourami?
- how to breed gourami fish?
- what is a gourami?
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