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echeme

/ˈɛk.iːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
echeme
IPA
/ˈɛk.iːm/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of sound produced by insects that can be broken down into multiple physically more basic sound units (syllables).

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἤχημα (ḗkhēma, “a sound”), from ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “I make sound, I chirp”) + -μᾰ (-mă, forming nouns form verbal stems). Introduced by Broughton (1976).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

echemes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce echeme?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛk.iːm/.
What does echeme mean?
A unit of sound produced by insects that can be broken down into multiple physically more basic sound units (syllables).
Where does echeme come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἤχημα (ḗkhēma, “a sound”), from ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “I make sound, I chirp”) + -μᾰ (-mă, forming nouns form verbal stems). Introduced by Broughton (1976).

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