nunatak
nun·a·tak/ˈnʌn.ə.tæk/noun
nunatak is spelled N-U-N-A-T-A-K: 7 letters and 3 syllables (nun·a·tak). It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nunatak means “A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nunatak is nunataks or nunataker.
How many letters and syllables are in nunatak?
| Letters | 7: N-U-N-A-T-A-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: nun·a·tak |
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th 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 nunatak?
Nunatak appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 nunatak?
- /ˈnʌn.ə.tæk/
- /ˈnuː.nə.tæk/
Nunatak has 3 syllables, split nun·a·tak in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nunatak.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nunatak
- nunataks plural
- nunataker plural
- nunataq
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nunatak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nunatak in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mountaintop surrounded by glacial ice:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nunatak |
| German | Nunatak |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nunatak come from?
Borrowed from Greenlandic nunataq.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).