Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyramis

/ˈpɪɹəmɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: pyra-mis
IPA: /ˈpɪɹəmɪs/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And from hence also shall be the geodesy of the Icosaedrum. For the finding out of the heighth of the pyramis, there is the semidiagony of the side of the decangle and the halfe ray of the circle: But the side of the decangle is a right line subtending the halfe periphery of the side of the quinquangle, or else the greater segment of the ray proportionally cut."
"For as a Pyramis, beginning at a point, by little and little dilateth into all parts[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English piramis, from Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: piramis, pȳramis, πυραμίς

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

pyramides (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce pyramis?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪɹəmɪs/.
What does pyramis mean?: A pyramid.
Where does pyramis come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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