Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: colure
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.

Etymology

From Latin colurus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κόλουρος (kólouros, “truncated, dock-tailed”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: colurus, κόλουρος

Inflected Forms

colures (plural)

Phrases

equinoctial colure solstitial colure

Questions

What does colure mean?: Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.
Where does colure come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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