kuri
noun
kuri is spelled K-U-R-I: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kuri means “The kitchen of a Zen monastery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kuri is kuris.
How many letters and syllables are in kuri?
| Letters | 4: K-U-R-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th 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 kuri?
Kuri appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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).
Forms of kuri
- kuris plural
- kurī
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kuri mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The kitchen of a Zen monastery.
- 2
An extinct, bushy-tailed, short-legged dog of New Zealand.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of kuri (“an extinct, bushy-tailed, short-legged dog of New Zealand”).
noun
- 1
An ethnic group of Chad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kuri come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 庫裏.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).