Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meltemi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: melte-mi
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind.

Uncountable

Etymology

from Greek μελτέμι (meltémi), from Turkish meltem

Origin

Source language: Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: μελτέμι, meltem

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does meltemi mean?: A strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind.
Where does meltemi come from?: It is traced to Greek.

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