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tenorist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tenorist
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tenor singer.

noun

Someone who plays a tenor saxophone.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English tenor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tenorist From tenor + -ist.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

tenorists (plural)

Synonyms

tenor tenor saxophonist

Questions

What does tenorist mean?
A tenor singer.
Where does tenorist come from?
Etymology tree English tenor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tenorist From tenor + -ist.

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