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mater lectionis

/ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mater lec-tio-n-is
IPA
/ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”), calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: אֵם קְרִיאָה

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/
  • British English: /ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs/

Inflected Forms

matres lectionis (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mater lectionis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/.
What does mater lectionis mean?
A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.
Where does mater lectionis come from?
Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”), calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).

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