Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lycaena

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ly-cae-na
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.

Etymology

A learned borrowing from translingual Lycaena, from Ancient Greek λῠ́καινᾰ f (lŭ́kaină, “she-wolf”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λῠ́καινᾰ

Inflected Forms

lycaenas (plural)

Questions

What does lycaena mean?: Any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.
Where does lycaena come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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