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sampietrino

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sampi-etri-no
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A roughly 12cm square-topped, dark, fine-grained, paving stone with a tapered base, endemic to Rome (first used in the 17th century to pave St. Peter’s Square—whence it received its name—later becoming iconic throughout Rome and further afield in Italy), which was traditionally (albeit not exclusively) quarried from the mafic, alkaline, ultrapotassic leucitite Pleistocene-age lavas erupted by the Alban Hills volcano just outside of the city, although modern replacement stones are often made of similar, yet more readily-available, cheaper basalt, imported from China.

noun

One of the highly-skilled, hereditary craftsmen exclusively entrusted with the upkeep of St. Peter's Basilica since 1600 CE, as well as the lighting and decoration of its exterior during the annual Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.

Etymology

From Italian sampietrino.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sampietrini (plural) sanpietrino (alternative)

Questions

What does sampietrino mean?
A roughly 12cm square-topped, dark, fine-grained, paving stone with a tapered base, endemic to Rome (first used in the 17th century to pave St. Peter’s Square—whence it received its name—later becoming iconic throughout Rome and further afield in Italy), which was traditionally (albeit not exclusively) quarried from the mafic, alkaline, ultrapotassic leucitite Pleistocene-age lavas erupted by the Alban Hills volcano just outside of the city, although modern replacement stones are often made of similar, yet more readily-available, cheaper basalt, imported from China.
Where does sampietrino come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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