Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

klepht

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kle-pht
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.

Etymology

From Greek κλέφτης (kléftis, “thief”).

Origin

Source language: Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κλέφτης

Inflected Forms

klephts (plural)

Derived Forms

klephtic klephtism

Frequently Paired Words

kleptomania

Questions

What does klepht mean?: An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
Where does klepht come from?: It is traced to Greek.

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