Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pater familias

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
pa-ter -fa-mil-ias
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does pater familias mean?
Alternative spelling of paterfamilias.

How to pronounce pater familias

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