Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyramidion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: pyra-mid-ion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk or pyramid.

Etymology

From New Latin pyramidion, from Latin pyramis. See pyramid.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pyramidion, pyramis

Inflected Forms

pyramidia (plural) pyramidions (plural)

Questions

What does pyramidion mean?: The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk or pyramid.
Where does pyramidion come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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