Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermoi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ther-moi
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of thermos (“unit of measure”)

noun

plural of thermos (“flask”)

Example Sentences

"After lunch Arthur and I set off with baskets of food and thermoi."
"I brewed coffee black as a dog, and made it growl and bark with cognac. I took the two big thermoi (?)^([sic]) and kenneled it safely[…]"
"[…]we select some high place upon which we can eat undisturbed, and we then proceed to lug hampers, cushions, rugs, sunshades, thermoi and two buckets of beer upon ice up a gradient that the Gadarene swine would have refused."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέρμοι (thérmoi).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: θέρμοι, θερμοί

Questions

What does thermoi mean?: plural of thermos (“unit of measure”)
Where does thermoi come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce thermoi

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