Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hippogonal

/hɪˈpɒɡənəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hip-pog-o-nal
IPA: /hɪˈpɒɡənəl/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being a move in a board game that is neither orthogonal nor diagonal, as a knight's move in chess. In chess, an (m,n) move spans m squares in one of the orthogonal directions and n squares in a perpendicular direction; the move is hippogonal if m and n are not equal and both greater than zero: 0 < n < m.

Etymology

The word was coined by David Parlett. It derives from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse, cavalry”) [a synonym in chess for knight] and γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἵππος

Rhymes With

zerogonal

Questions

How do you pronounce hippogonal?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɪˈpɒɡənəl/.
What does hippogonal mean?: Being a move in a board game that is neither orthogonal nor diagonal, as a knight's move in chess. In chess, an (m,n) move spans m squares in one of the orthogonal directions and n squares in a perpendicular direction; the move is hippogonal if m and n are not equal and both greater than zero: 0 < n < m.
Where does hippogonal come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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