Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mensuralist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: men-su-ral-ist
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to mensuralism.

noun

One who believes that neumatic notation supports different rhythmic realizations of chant.

Etymology

Etymology tree English mensural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English mensuralist From mensural + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more mensuralist (comparative) most mensuralist (superlative) mensuralists (plural)

Questions

What does mensuralist mean?: Of or pertaining to mensuralism.
Where does mensuralist come from?: Etymology tree English mensural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English mensuralist From mensural + -ist.

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