Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thamyris

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thamyris
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Thracian singer who challenged the Nine Muses to a competition and lost.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θάμυρις (Thámuris).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Θάμυρις

Inflected Forms

Thamyras (alternative)

Questions

What does thamyris mean?: A Thracian singer who challenged the Nine Muses to a competition and lost.
Where does thamyris come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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