Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stibium

/ˈstɪbi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stibi-um
IPA
/ˈstɪbi.əm/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

antimony

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Egyptian sdmder. Ancient Greek στίμμῐ (stímmĭ) Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)der. Latin stibiumder. English stibium From Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi), itself originating from Egyptian s-d-m-N33C:Z2ss (sdm).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: stibium, στίβι, sdm

Usage

Inflected Forms

stibnium (alternative) stibnum (alternative)

Derived Forms

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Questions

How do you pronounce stibium?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɪbi.əm/.
What does stibium mean?
antimony
Where does stibium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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