Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holcad

/ˈhɒlkæd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hol-cad
IPA: /ˈhɒlkæd/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large merchantman ship in Ancient Greece.

Example Sentences

"The storeships provided by the Athenian government , which carried also both sutlers and artificers , were thirty of large burden of the kind called holcads, and a hundred smaller[…]"

Etymology

From Latin holcas, from Ancient Greek ὁλκάς (holkás). Compare hulk.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *selk-, holcas, ὁλκάς

Inflected Forms

holcads (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce holcad?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɒlkæd/.
What does holcad mean?: A large merchantman ship in Ancient Greece.
Where does holcad come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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