Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

canticles

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: can-ti-cles
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of canticle

name

Synonym of Song of Songs, a canonical book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.

Etymology

A clipping of Canticle of Canticles, a calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum (“Song of Songs”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Canticum Canticorum

Synonyms

Song of Songs

Questions

What does canticles mean?: plural of canticle
Where does canticles come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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