Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

episemon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epise-mon
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insignia or some other distinguishing symbol.

noun

The Greek letter digamma.

noun

The digamma, koppa, or sampi as a Greek numeral sign.

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἐπίσημον (epísēmon), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσημος (epísēmos, “distinguished; remarkable”), from ἐπί (epí, “above”) + σῆμα (sêma, “sign”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἐπίσημον, ἐπίσημος

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Questions

What does episemon mean?
An insignia or some other distinguishing symbol.
Where does episemon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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