Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

musca volitans

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mus-ca voli-tans
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

floater (threadlike speck in the visual field)

Etymology

From a Latin phrase meaning "a fly (musca) flying around (volitans)".

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

muscae volitantes (plural)

Synonyms

muscae volitantes floater spots

Questions

What does musca volitans mean?: floater (threadlike speck in the visual field)
Where does musca volitans come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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