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vivarium

/vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
vi-var-i-um
IPA
/vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Italic *gʷīwos Latin vīvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin vīvāriumbor. English vivarium Borrowed from Latin vīvārium.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/
  • British English: /vaɪˈvɛəɹi.əm/

Inflected Forms

vivariums (plural) vivaria (plural)

Rhymes With

herbarium fusarium samarium imaginarium columbarium armamentarium oceanarium seaquarium itinerarium leprosarium insectarium antiquarium

Questions

How do you pronounce vivarium?
The recorded pronunciation is /vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/.
What does vivarium mean?
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.
Where does vivarium come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Italic *gʷīwos Latin vīvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin vīvāriumbor. English vivarium Borrowed from Latin vīvārium.

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