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- US Pronunciation
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- [huh-kahl, hah-]
- /həˈkɑl, hɑ-/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huh-kahl, hah-]
- /həˈkɑl, hɑ-/
Definitions of jacal word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of JACAL JAffer's Canonical ALgebra 3
- noun plural jacal (in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico) a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground close together and plastered with mud. 1
- noun jacal (in Mexico and the southwestern US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut. 1
- noun Definition of jacal in Technology (mathematics, tool) (JACAL) A symbolic mathematics program, most of which was written in Scheme by Aubrey Jaffer. 1
- noun jacal a wattle-and-daub hut with a thatched roof 0
- noun jacal a hut in Mexico and the Southwest, with walls of close-set wooden stakes plastered with mud and roofed with straw, rushes, etc. 0
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Origin of jacal
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl xahcalli
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Parts of speech for Jacal
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jacal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
jacal usage trend in Literature
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