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pinacotheca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pina-cothe-ca
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An art gallery, especially one exhibiting pictures.

Etymology

From Latin pinacotheca, from Ancient Greek πινακοθήκη (pinakothḗkē).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: πινακοθήκη

Inflected Forms

pinacothecas (plural) pinacothek (alternative) pinacotheke (alternative) pinakothek (alternative)

Questions

What does pinacotheca mean?
An art gallery, especially one exhibiting pictures.
Where does pinacotheca come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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