Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

da vinci

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: da vin-ci
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Leonardo da Vinci; an Italian polymath.

noun

A person with extraordinary qualities.

Etymology

From Italian da Vinci.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: da Vinci

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

da Vincis (plural)

Derived Forms

Vincian

Phrases

da Vincian

Synonyms

Leonardo

Questions

What does da vinci mean?: Ellipsis of Leonardo da Vinci; an Italian polymath.
Where does da vinci come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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