Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clytemnestra

/ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: clytemnes-tra
IPA: /ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes

Etymology

From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱlew-, Clytaemnēstra, Κλυταιμνήστρα

Inflected Forms

Clytaemnestra (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce clytemnestra?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/.
What does clytemnestra mean?: wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes
Where does clytemnestra come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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