Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

song of songs

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables: song of -songs
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The twenty-second book of the Christian Old Testament and the seventeenth book of the Hebrew Bible.

Etymology

A calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum (“Song of Songs”), variant of earlier Canticle of Canticles.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Canticum Canticorum

Inflected Forms

the Song of Songs (canonical)

Synonyms

Canticles Canticle of Canticles Song of Solomon

Questions

What does song of songs mean?: The twenty-second book of the Christian Old Testament and the seventeenth book of the Hebrew Bible.
Where does song of songs come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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