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octophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-to-phone
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A modern stringed instrument intended to be able to play the tone combinations of the tenor guitar, tenor banjo, ukulele, taro-patch fiddle, tiple, mandolin, mandola and mandocello.

Etymology

From octo- + -phone.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

octophones (plural)

Questions

What does octophone mean?
A modern stringed instrument intended to be able to play the tone combinations of the tenor guitar, tenor banjo, ukulele, taro-patch fiddle, tiple, mandolin, mandola and mandocello.
Where does octophone come from?
From octo- + -phone.

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