Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cosmolabe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cos-mo-labe
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world, universe”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κόσμος

Inflected Forms

cosmolabes (plural)

Questions

What does cosmolabe mean?: An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.
Where does cosmolabe come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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