Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrarch

/ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: tetrar-ch
IPA: /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.

noun

Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.

noun

An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.

adj

Having four vascular strands in a fibrovascular cylinder or stele.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tetrarchēs, τετράρχης

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/
British English: /ˈtɛtɹɑːk/

Inflected Forms

tetrarchs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

heptarch hexarch

Questions

How do you pronounce tetrarch?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/.
What does tetrarch mean?: A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
Where does tetrarch come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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