Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arc de triomphe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: ar-c de tri-om-phe
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A war monument in Paris, France, designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, started in 1808 and inaugurated in 1836.

Etymology

From French Arc de Triomphe (literally “Arch of Triumph”), from arc de triomphe (“triumphal arch”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Arc de Triomphe

Inflected Forms

the Arc de Triomphe (canonical)

Questions

What does arc de triomphe mean?: A war monument in Paris, France, designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, started in 1808 and inaugurated in 1836.
Where does arc de triomphe come from?: It is traced to French.

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