bushmeat
noun
bushmeat is spelled B-U-S-H-M-E-A-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bushmeat means “Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bushmeat is bushmeats.
How many letters and syllables are in bushmeat?
| Letters | 8: B-U-S-H-M-E-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bushmeat?
Bushmeat appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bushmeat?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bushmeat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bushmeat
- bushmeats plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bushmeat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bushmeat come from?
From bush + meat, as a calque of French viande de brousse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).