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paranete

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paranete
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched higher than the trite and lower than the nete.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin paranētē, from Ancient Greek παρανήτη (paranḗtē, literally “next to the lowest [string]”). The nete was "lowest" in the sense of being the farthest from the player and physically below the other strings, but was the highest in pitch. Compare the high E string in a modern guitar, which is farthest from the player.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: παρανήτη

Inflected Forms

paranetes (plural)

Questions

What does paranete mean?
In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched higher than the trite and lower than the nete.
Where does paranete come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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