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tyrannosaurus

/tɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
tyran-nosaurus
IPA
/tɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)bor. Translingual -saurus Translingual Tyrannosaurusbor. English tyrannosaurus From translingual Tyrannosaurus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). Doublet of tyrannosaur.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Tyrannosaurus, τύραννος

Inflected Forms

tyrannosauri (plural) tyrannosauruses (plural)

Derived Forms

tyrannosauruslike

Frequently Paired Words

tyrannosaur

Synonyms

tyrannosaur tyrannosaurus rex

Rhymes With

morris chorus doris horace porous taurus horus thesaurus mcmorris brontosaurus stegosaurus dilophosaurus

Questions

How do you pronounce tyrannosaurus?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/.
What does tyrannosaurus mean?
Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.
Where does tyrannosaurus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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