Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyclus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cy-clus
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cycle, or series of poems.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin cyclus. Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, kike, and wheel.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cyclus

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

cycluses (plural) cycli (plural)

Questions

What does cyclus mean?: A cycle, or series of poems.
Where does cyclus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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