How do you pronounce catechumen?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkæt.əˈkju.mən/.

Where does catechumen come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/ˌkæt.əˈkju.mən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

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"Here in this room an old man had killed and boiled a catechumen, had committed sodomy with a rat, had discussed a rodent nunhood with V., a future saint – depending which story you listened to."

From Middle English cathecumynys pl, from Middle French cathecumin (modern French catéchumène) or Ecclesiastical Latin catēchūmenus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

catechumens (plural)

catechumenal catechumenate catechumenism catechumenist catechumenship

catechesis catechetics catechise catechism catechization catechisation catechize catechist

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