Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oenochoe

/iːˈnɑ.kəʊ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oeno-choe
IPA: /iːˈnɑ.kəʊ.i/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of Ancient Greek pottery wine jug.

Example Sentences

"These two head oenochoae were buried with the kotyle by the Brygos painter (22. 8), B.S.A. xiv, pl. xiv, and the Red Figure kylix (22. 7), ibid. pl. xiii. b."
"In contact with the upper part of the jar was a dish with rodent or bird bones and two oenochoae, all protected by big blocks of schist."
"As we have seen above, Black-on-Red Cypriot trefoil oenochoae together with objects from the Syropalestinian area had started arriving in Crete already before the middle of the 8 cent. B.C."
"In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οἰνοχόη (oinokhóē), from οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) + χέω (khéō, “to pour”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: οἰνοχόη

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /iːˈnɑ.kəʊ.i/
British English: /iːˈnɒ.kəʊ.i/

Inflected Forms

oenochoes (plural) oenochoae (plural) œnochoe (alternative) oenochoë (alternative) oinochoe (alternative) oinokhoe (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce oenochoe?: The recorded pronunciation is /iːˈnɑ.kəʊ.i/.
What does oenochoe mean?: A type of Ancient Greek pottery wine jug.
Where does oenochoe come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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