Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thorn cluster

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: thorn -clus-ter
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of three consonant clusters historically believed by some scholars to have existed in Proto-Indo-European, all of which ended with the IPA sound /θ/ (then often symbolized as þ).

noun

Any of the reconstructed consonant clusters that have replaced the original thorn clusters in modern scholarship, which typically no longer contain the IPA /θ/.

Inflected Forms

thorn clusters (plural)

Questions

What does thorn cluster mean?: One of three consonant clusters historically believed by some scholars to have existed in Proto-Indo-European, all of which ended with the IPA sound /θ/ (then often symbolized as þ).

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