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- [shee, shey]
- /ʃi, ʃeɪ/
- /ʃɪə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shee, shey]
- /ʃi, ʃeɪ/
Definitions of shea word
- noun shea shea tree. 1
- noun shea a tropical African sapotaceous tree, Butyrospermum parkii, with oily seeds 0
- noun shea an African tree (Butyrospermum parkii) of the sapodilla family, whose seeds yield a thick, white fat (shea butter) used as a food, in soap, etc. 0
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Origin of shea
First appearance:
before 1799 One of the 43% newest English words
1799; said to be < Bambara si (shea is Mungo Park's spelling)
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shea
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shea popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shea usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with shea
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- george beverly shea how great thou art?