Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dodecad

/doʊˈdɛkæd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: do-decad
IPA: /doʊˈdɛkæd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group or set of twelve.

Example Sentences

"We have also examined some of the relations between the two dodecads of signs and houses."
"Plato at any rate assumed that the number twelve befitted the disembodied gods as a perfect number[...] This dodecad of the disembodied gods has been shown by us to proceed from on high triadically, but multiplied by four [...]"
"[...] the lowest pair of transcendent principles, all-begetter Savior and all-begettress Sophia, produced a dodecad of twelve equally paired powers, six male and six female."
"Marcos, according to Irenaeus, also assumed a decad of ten heavenly circles and a dodecad of twelve zodiacal signs. The dodecad represents evil, earthly fate, but the decad is "soul-producing," [...]"

Etymology

From dodec- + -ad.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dodec-
Suffix: -ad

Inflected Forms

dodecads (plural) duodecad (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce dodecad?: The recorded pronunciation is /doʊˈdɛkæd/.
What does dodecad mean?: A group or set of twelve.
Where does dodecad come from?: From dodec- + -ad.

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