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tragus

/ˈtɹeɪ.ɡəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
tra-gus
IPA
/ˈtɹeɪ.ɡəs/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); with reference to a tuft of hair, likened to a goat’s beard, that may grow on the tragus, especially in older men.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *terh₁-, tragus, τράγος

Inflected Forms

tragi (plural)

Derived Forms

antitragus intertragic tragal tragion

Rhymes With

vegas magus vagus tagus fagus antitragus

Questions

How do you pronounce tragus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹeɪ.ɡəs/.
What does tragus mean?
The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.
Where does tragus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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