Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phallophorus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phal-lopho-rus
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The person who carries the phallus in a phallophoria

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phallophorus, from Ancient Greek φαλλοφόρος (phallophóros). By surface analysis, phallo- + -phorus.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: φαλλοφόρος

Inflected Forms

phallophori (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

phallophoria

Questions

What does phallophorus mean?: The person who carries the phallus in a phallophoria
Where does phallophorus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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