Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

artemon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: arte-mon
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A square foresail on a Roman oared ship.

Example Sentences

"A small square sail, an artemon, was slung under the bow to act as a headsail."

Etymology

From Latin artemōn (“foresail”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: artemōn

Inflected Forms

artemons (plural)

Questions

What does artemon mean?: A square foresail on a Roman oared ship.
Where does artemon come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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