Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

panpipe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: pan-pipe
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of panpipes.

Example Sentences

"No matter that the trombone would seem to be an instrument particularly ill-suited to the purpose; in Mangelsdorff's hands, it might as well be anything from a panpipe to a cello."

Etymology

From Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipe.

Inflected Forms

panpipes (plural)

Synonyms

pandean pipe syrinx

Questions

What does panpipe mean?: A set of panpipes.
Where does panpipe come from?: From Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipe.

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