Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embolos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-bo-los
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arcade or porticoed street in Constantinople.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “bolt; portico”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἔμβολος

Inflected Forms

emboloi (plural)

Questions

What does embolos mean?: An arcade or porticoed street in Constantinople.
Where does embolos come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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