Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parabasis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paraba-sis
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράβασις (parábasis).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: παράβασις

Inflected Forms

parabases (plural)

Questions

What does parabasis mean?: The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.
Where does parabasis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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