Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stirps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stirps
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of a family.

noun

A progenitor of a branch of a family.

noun

A superfamily of animals or plants.

noun

plural of stirp

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirps (“rootstock, stem”).

Inflected Forms

stirpes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

stirp stirpes

Questions

What does stirps mean?: A branch of a family.
Where does stirps come from?: Borrowed from Latin stirps (“rootstock, stem”).

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