Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mensuralism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: men-su-ral-ism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

European system(s) of musical notation, in use in different forms from c.1260 to c.1600, in which each note was given an exact time value

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English mensural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mensuralism From mensural + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

mensural mensuration mensuralist

Questions

What does mensuralism mean?: European system(s) of musical notation, in use in different forms from c.1260 to c.1600, in which each note was given an exact time value
Where does mensuralism come from?: Etymology tree English mensural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mensuralism From mensural + -ism.

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