cantilena
/kæntɪˈleɪnə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He played a lazy tune that sinuated from C sharp down to G natural and back again. Astonishing that he could flute so lazy a cantilena while chasing nymphs."
- "The sounds of insects, of which I am seldom conscious unless I have not heard them in some time, resumed, with a noise that reminded me of the tuning of the strings in the Blue Hall before the first cantilena began, a noise I sometimes used to listen to when I lay on my pallet near the open port of the apprentices' dormitory."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, cantilēna