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epact

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
epact
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter

Etymology

From French épacte, from Latin epactae, from Ancient Greek ἐπακταί (epaktaí, “intercalary days”), feminine plural of ἐπακτός (epaktós, “brought on or in, added”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: épacte, epactae, ἐπακταί

Inflected Forms

epacts (plural)

Questions

What does epact mean?
the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter
Where does epact come from?
It is traced to French.

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