Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paladin

/ˈpælədɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: pal-adin
IPA: /ˈpælədɪn/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heroic champion, especially a knight.

noun

A defender or advocate of a noble cause.

noun

Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.

Example Sentences

"For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody’s prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code."
"Below are the results of a multi-actor simulation containing a bunch of paladins with slightly different L75 and L100 talents."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Palātium Latin palātium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Late Latin palātīnus Italian paladinobor. French paladinbor. English paladin Borrowed from French paladin, from Italian paladino, from Late Latin palātīnus (“palace officer”), derived from palātium (“palace”). Doublet of palatine.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: paladino, palātīnus

Inflected Forms

paladins (plural)

Derived Forms

archpaladin

Synonyms

champion fighter hero

Rhymes With

saladin

Questions

How do you pronounce paladin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpælədɪn/.
What does paladin mean?: A heroic champion, especially a knight.
Where does paladin come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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