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tafone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ta-fone
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small cave-like feature found in granular rock such as sandstone.

Etymology

Perhaps from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”), or perhaps from the Corsican or Sicilian taffoni (“holes”), or tafonare (“to perforate”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: τάφος, -, taffoni

Inflected Forms

tafoni (plural)

Questions

What does tafone mean?
A small cave-like feature found in granular rock such as sandstone.
Where does tafone come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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