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psalterium

/sɔlˈtɪriəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
psalteri-um
IPA
/sɔlˈtɪriəm/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An omasum.

noun

A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin psalterium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). Doublet of psalter, psalterion, and psaltery.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ψαλτήριον

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɔlˈtɪriəm/
  • British English: /sɒlˈtɪəriəm/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

psalteria (plural)

Derived Forms

psalterial

Synonyms

omasum third stomach

Rhymes With

miriam bacterium delirium imperium deuterium mycobacterium magisterium cerium criterium corynebacterium cyanobacterium puerperium

Questions

How do you pronounce psalterium?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɔlˈtɪriəm/.
What does psalterium mean?
An omasum.
Where does psalterium come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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