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morpion

/ˈmɔː(ɹ)piən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-pi-on
IPA
/ˈmɔː(ɹ)piən/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A louse.

Obsolete

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Etymology

From French, from mordre (“to bite”) + Latin pedis (“louse”).

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Inflected Forms

morpions (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce morpion?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔː(ɹ)piən/.
What does morpion mean?
A louse.
Where does morpion come from?
It is traced to French.

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