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thaumatrope

/ˈθɔːmətrəʊp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thau-ma-t-rope
IPA
/ˈθɔːmətrəʊp/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images appear to combine.

noun

A zoetrope.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “miracle”) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”), thauma + -trope.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

thaumatropes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce thaumatrope?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɔːmətrəʊp/.
What does thaumatrope mean?
An optical toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images appear to combine.
Where does thaumatrope come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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