Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vis vitae

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: vis vi-tae
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin vis (“energy, force, power, strength”) + vita (“life”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vis#Latin

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

vim vitae

Frequently Paired Words

vim vitae

Questions

What does vis vitae mean?: vital force
Where does vis vitae come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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