Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transvolation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: transvola-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flight beyond or across.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Such things as these which are extraordinary egressions and transvolations beyond the ordinary course of an even piety, God loves to reward with an extraordinary favour […]"
"[…] a shadow which they would have you think is cast by the argent wings of hovering angels, but whose chill suggests the transvolation of Lucifer with his pride-frosted host."
"I[…]walked past the Giant Swing[…]I should have liked to try such transvolation, but the seat of the swing had been removed."

Etymology

From Latin trānsvolō (“to fly over or across”), from trāns- (“across”) + volō (“to fly”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: trānsvolō

Usage

Inflected Forms

transvolations (plural)

Questions

What does transvolation mean?: A flight beyond or across.
Where does transvolation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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