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tetrapylon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tetrapy-lon
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράπυλον (tetrápulon, literally “four gates”). By surface analysis, tetra- + pylon.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tetrapyla (plural)

Questions

What does tetrapylon mean?
A Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides.
Where does tetrapylon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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