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synesis

/ˈsɪnɪsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syne-sis
IPA
/ˈsɪnɪsɪs/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with which it should regularly agree, but of some other implied word.

Uncountable

noun

The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.

Uncountable

Etymology

Ancient Greek σύνεσις (súnesis, “unification, meeting, intelligence”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: σύνεσις

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɪnɪsɪs/
  • British English: /ˈsɪnɪsɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

syneses (plural)

Synonyms

constructio ad sensum

Questions

How do you pronounce synesis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪnɪsɪs/.
What does synesis mean?
A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with which it should regularly agree, but of some other implied word.
Where does synesis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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