Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petrograph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pet-ro-graph
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English petrograph From petro- + -graph.

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Questions

What does petrograph mean?
Drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.
Where does petrograph come from?
Etymology tree Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English petrograph From petro- + -graph.

How to pronounce petrograph

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