Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thranite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thran-ite
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme. They were usually the best rowers.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρανίτης (thranítēs), from θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: θρανίτης

Inflected Forms

thranites (plural) thranitae (alternative)

Questions

What does thranite mean?: One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme. They were usually the best rowers.
Where does thranite come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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