carmagnole
/ˈkɑɹmənˌjoʊl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
Example Sentences
- "dancing a devil's dance to the diabolical music of the carmagnole"
Etymology
18th-century, borrowed from French carmagnole, named after Carmagnole, the French name of the northwestern Italian town of Carmagnola.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: carmagnole
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑɹmənˌjoʊl/
- British English: /ˌkɑːmənˈjəʊl/