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dracula

/ˈdɹækjʊlə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
drac-u-la
IPA
/ˈdɹækjʊlə/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.

name

A former prince of Wallachia.

noun

Any vampire.

Example Sentences

  • "But he would have had to have been over 250 years old! Like a Dracula or something."

Etymology

From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Draculas (plural)

Derived Forms

blackula

Phrases

Count Dracula

Frequently Paired Words

Count Dracula Nosferatu

Synonyms

Count Dracula

Questions

How do you pronounce dracula?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹækjʊlə/.
What does dracula mean?
The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
Where does dracula come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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