euphrates
/juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.89 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
From Latin Euphrātēs, from Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /ʰUfrātuš/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun) (compare Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Euphrātēs, Εὐφράτης, 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢, 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣
Inflected Forms
the Euphrates (canonical)