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ventriloquy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ven-tril-o-quy
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ventriloquism.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin ventriloquium, from venter (“stomach”) + loquī (“to speak”). By surface analysis, ventri- + -loquy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ventriloquium

Usage

Inflected Forms

ventriloquies (plural)

Derived Forms

ventriloquial ventriloquism ventriloquist ventriloquistic ventriloquize

Synonyms

ventriloquism

Questions

What does ventriloquy mean?
Ventriloquism.
Where does ventriloquy come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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