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prytaneum

/ˌprɪt.ənˈi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pry-ta-neum
IPA
/ˌprɪt.ənˈi.əm/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The town hall in an Ancient Greek city.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prytanēum, from Ancient Greek πρυτανεῖον (prutaneîon), from πρύτανις (prútanis, “prytanis”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”). By surface analysis, prytanis + -eum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: πρυτανεῖον

Inflected Forms

prytanea (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

prytane

Questions

How do you pronounce prytaneum?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌprɪt.ənˈi.əm/.
What does prytaneum mean?
The town hall in an Ancient Greek city.
Where does prytaneum come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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