Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cataractonium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: catarac-to-ni-um
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former town in Roman Britain, modern-day United Kingdom, now called Catterick.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cataractonium. Compare cataracta (“waterfall, drawbridge”). Doublet of Catterick.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Cataractonium

Questions

What does cataractonium mean?: A former town in Roman Britain, modern-day United Kingdom, now called Catterick.
Where does cataractonium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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