psalterion
/sɔlˈtɪriɑn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "All ſubſtantiues endyng in on, hauyng i cõmyng next before on, be of tbe femyne gendre: Excepte Millyón a myllion⸝ eſcorpión a ſcorpyon a ſarpent⸝ ueſpilión a holy water ſpricle^([sic])⸝ eſtovrgión a ſturgion fiſhe⸝ psalterión a psaltrion […]"
- "Notker, in the ninth century, says that the rotta (or chrotta) was derived from the psalterion — the ancient psalterion, as he even at that early time calls it."
- "The interpretation of the kithara as the lower part of a human being and a psalterion as the higher appears to derive from Origen."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French psalterion, from Old French salterion, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion), probably through Latin psalterium. Doublet of psalter, psalterium, and psaltery.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: salterion, ψαλτήριον, psalterium
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɔlˈtɪriɑn/
- British English: /sɒlˈtɪəriɒn/