Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enchorial

/ɛnˈkoɹ.i.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-cho-ri-al
IPA: /ɛnˈkoɹ.i.əl/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Indigenous, native.

adj

Of, relating to, or written in the Egyptian Demotic script or language.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Well, the right name, Ouigoudi, if it had been continued as the name of the settlement, would be styled an enchorial name. St. John is an imported name, having been taken from the river to which the name was given by deMonts and Champlain in 1604 because they discovered it on St. John the Baptist's Day[…]"
"The inscription of the Rosetta Stone is written in hieroglyphics and in enchorial letters, with a Greek translation."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγχώριος (enkhṓrios, “rural, in or of the country”), from χώρα (khṓra, “country”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἐγχώριος

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛnˈkoɹ.i.əl/
British English: /ɛnˈkɔː.ɹɪ.əl/

Usage

Archaic

Synonyms

autochthonous indigenous native Demotic enchoric

Rhymes With

memorial editorial territorial tutorial gubernatorial pictorial equatorial senatorial dictatorial directorial boreal combinatorial

Questions

How do you pronounce enchorial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnˈkoɹ.i.əl/.
What does enchorial mean?: Indigenous, native.
Where does enchorial come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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