stroma
/ˈstɹoʊ̯.mə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An island off the north coast of Scotland, uninhabited since the 1960s.
Etymology
From Latin strōma (“mattress, bed covering”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), from στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to stretch out”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sterh₃-, strōma, στρῶμα
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɹoʊ̯.mə/
- British English: /ˈstɹəʊ̯.mə/