Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bathysphere

/ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: bathy-sphere
IPA: /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe.

Etymology

From bathy- + -sphere. A genericization from the particular bathysphere in the 1930s named Bathysphere. The name bathysphere was coined decades after the introduction of the device in the 1890s.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

bathyspheres (plural)

Derived Forms

bathyspheric

Phrases

diving bell

Frequently Paired Words

bathyscaphe submarine submersible diving bell

Synonyms

diving sphere

Questions

How do you pronounce bathysphere?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/.
What does bathysphere mean?: A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe.
Where does bathysphere come from?: From bathy- + -sphere. A genericization from the particular bathysphere in the 1930s named Bathysphere. The name bathysphere was coined decades after the introduction of the device in the 1890s.

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