How do you pronounce jacinth?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ/.

Where does jacinth come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

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"The fift Sardonix, the sixt Sardius, the seuenth Chrysolite, the eight Beryl, the ninth a Topas, the tenth a Chrysoprasus, the eleuenth a Iacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst."

From Middle English jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from Old English iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth.

jacinths (plural) iacinth (alternative, obsolete) iacinct (alternative, obsolete)

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hyacinth

jacinthe