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- [too-nuh, tyoo-]
- /ˈtu nə, ˈtyu-/
- /ˈtjuː.nə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [too-nuh, tyoo-]
- /ˈtu nə, ˈtyu-/
Definitions of tuna word
- noun plural tuna any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna. 1
- noun plural tuna any of various related fishes. 1
- noun plural tuna Also called tuna fish. the flesh of the tuna, used as food. 1
- noun tuna any of various prickly pears, especially either of two erect, treelike species, Opuntia tuna or O. ficus-indica, of Mexico, bearing a sweet, edible fruit. 1
- noun tuna the fruit of these plants. 1
- variable noun tuna Tuna or tuna fish are large fish that live in warm seas and are caught for food. 0
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Origin of tuna
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
1880-85, Americanism; < American Spanish, variant of Spanish atún < Arabic al the + tūn < Greek thýnnos tunny
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Parts of speech for Tuna
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tuna popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% 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".
tuna usage trend in Literature
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adj tuna
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- caveman — Cavemen were people in prehistoric times who lived mainly in caves.
- generative — capable of producing or creating.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
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