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pentelic marble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
pen-telic -mar-ble
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white marble with a uniform, faint yellow tint, quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Latin marmor Pentelicum.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Pentelic marbles (plural)

Questions

What does pentelic marble mean?
A white marble with a uniform, faint yellow tint, quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens.
Where does pentelic marble come from?
Calque of Latin marmor Pentelicum.

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