Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homo sapien

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
ho-mo s-api-en
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the species Homo sapiens.

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What does homo sapien mean?
A member of the species Homo sapiens.
Where does homo sapien come from?
Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.

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