spookwoord
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of spook (“ghost”) + woord (“word”), possibly a calque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspoːk.ʋoːrt/
- Hyphenation: spook‧woord
Noun
spookwoord n (plural spookwoorden)
- ghost word (non-existent word in dictionaries or other reference works) [from 20th c.]