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diaulos

/daɪˈɔːlɒs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-au-los
IPA
/daɪˈɔːlɒs/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes connected at the base and often of different lengths, played similarly to an oboe.

noun

A peristyle round the great court of the palaestra.

noun

A kind of Ancient Greek footrace.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίαυλος (díaulos) (equivalent to di- + aulos).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

diauloi (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce diaulos?
The recorded pronunciation is /daɪˈɔːlɒs/.
What does diaulos mean?
An Ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes connected at the base and often of different lengths, played similarly to an oboe.
Where does diaulos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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