Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eurospy

/ˈjʊə.ɹəʊ.spaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eu-rospy
IPA: /ˈjʊə.ɹəʊ.spaɪ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of comedic spy film inspired by James Bond and popular in the 1960s, typically about dapper womanizing secret agents in exotic locales.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"His vernacular film framework that he applied to understanding giallos is easily applied to any Italian filone and is extremely fitting for the Italian Eurospies."
"Russell is most famous in genre circles for his European output in the 1960s, including Antonio Margheriti's Wild, Wild Planet and War of the Planets and the Eurospy adventures Secret of the Sphinx and Target Gold-seven."
"But in addition to slaking a real thirst among European moviegoers, the Eurospies, according to Rui Lopes, also "mixed the utopia of unrestricted traveling, titillation, and (imperial) hedonism with nightmarish anxieties over powerlessness against overwhelming, tentacular forces.""

Etymology

From Euro- + spy. Most Eurospy films were produced in continental Europe, especially Italy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Euro-
Suffix: spy

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈjʊə.ɹəʊ.spaɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Eurospies (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce eurospy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjʊə.ɹəʊ.spaɪ/.
What does eurospy mean?: A genre of comedic spy film inspired by James Bond and popular in the 1960s, typically about dapper womanizing secret agents in exotic locales.
Where does eurospy come from?: From Euro- + spy. Most Eurospy films were produced in continental Europe, especially Italy.

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