Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undecimvirate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-dec-imvi-rate
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of eleven people, especially (politics) a council of eleven men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of eleven magistrates in ancient Athens.

Etymology

From Latin ūndecimvirātus, from ūndecimvirī (“undecimvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ūndecimvirātus

Inflected Forms

undecimvirates (plural) undecemvirate (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

undecimvir government

Synonyms

government

Questions

What does undecimvirate mean?: A group of eleven people, especially (politics) a council of eleven men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of eleven magistrates in ancient Athens.
Where does undecimvirate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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