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pancratium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pan-cratium
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of pankration.

Uncountable

noun

Any of the genus Pancratium of African and Eurasian perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family. The flowers are large, white and fragrant.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin pancratium, from Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion, “a complete contest”). Doublet of pankration.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pancratium, παγκράτιον

Usage

Inflected Forms

pancratiums (plural)

Derived Forms

pancratiast

Synonyms

pankration

Questions

What does pancratium mean?
Synonym of pankration.
Where does pancratium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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