Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fomalhaut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fo-ma-l-haut
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.

Etymology

From Arabic فَمُ الْحُوت (famu l-ḥūt, literally “the fish mouth”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: فَمُ الْحُوت

Derived Forms

Fomalhautian

Synonyms

Lonely Star of Autumn

Questions

What does fomalhaut mean?: The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.
Where does fomalhaut come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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