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culverin

/ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
cul-verin
IPA
/ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.

noun

Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English culveryne, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre (“snake”) (or from Latin colubrīnus), ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber (“snake”). Doublet of colubrine.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: culveryne, coulevrine, colubra

Inflected Forms

culverins (plural)

Derived Forms

culverineer demiculverin

Frequently Paired Words

demiculverin demi-culverin aspic

Questions

How do you pronounce culverin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/.
What does culverin mean?
Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
Where does culverin come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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