Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyemal

/ˈhaɪəməl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hye-mal
IPA: /ˈhaɪəməl/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete spelling of hiemal.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"But, beside vernal, æstival and autumnal, made of flowers, the ancients had also the hyemal garlands; contenting themselves at first with such as were made of horn dyed into several colours, and shaped into the figure of flowers"
""Break a hunk of ice off the land, crack off a chunk the same proportions as Manhattan Island, then slab Aar's emberous body on out, the winds floating a hyemal pyre melting toward the Pole.""

Etymology

From Latin hiemalis, from hiems (“winter”). Compare French hyémal.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: hiemalis

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more hyemal (comparative) most hyemal (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hyemal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaɪəməl/.
What does hyemal mean?: Obsolete spelling of hiemal.
Where does hyemal come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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