Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paraenesis

/pəˈɹiːnɪsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parae-n-e-sis
IPA: /pəˈɹiːnɪsɪs/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Advice or exhortation, particularly of a moral or religious nature.

Uncountable

noun

A warning of impending evil.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραίνεσις (paraínesis, “exhortation, advice”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: παραίνεσις

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

paraeneses (plural) parænesis (alternative) parainesis (alternative) parenesis (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce paraenesis?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹiːnɪsɪs/.
What does paraenesis mean?: Advice or exhortation, particularly of a moral or religious nature.
Where does paraenesis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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