Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diapente

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-a-pente
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.

Obsolete

noun

A composition of five ingredients.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1816, Race-horses, method of preparing for running, entry in Encyclopædia Perthensis, 2nd Edition, Volume 18, page 571, If the horse be in good fleſh and ſpirits when taken up for its month′s preparation, the diapente muſt be omitted; and the chief buſineſs will be to give him good food, and ſo much exerciſe as will keep him in wind, without overſweating him or exhauſting his ſpirits."

Etymology

From Latin diapente, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + πέντε (pénte, “five”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: διά

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

diapentes (plural)

Derived Forms

semidiapente

Questions

What does diapente mean?: The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.
Where does diapente come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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