Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xiphias

/ˈzɪfiəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: xiphias
IPA: /ˈzɪfiəs/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of swordfish.

name

Synonym of Dorado (“constellation of the southern sky”).

Example Sentences

"Huge Ziffius, whom Mariners eschew / No lesse, then rockes, as travellers informe […]"
"S. Malpighi having dissected the Head of a Xiphias or Sword Fish, which hath a very big Eye, observ'd that the middle of the Optick Nerve is nothing else, but a large Membrane, folded according to its length in many Doubles almost like a Fan, and invested by the Dura Mater."
"Trebius Niger informs us that […] the xiphias, or, in other words, the sword-fish, has a sharp-pointed muzzle, with which it is able to pierce the sides of a ship and send it to the bottom […]"
"In the xiphias, you observe, the enormous elongation of the head is produced by the elongation of the jaws proper – that is to say, of the pre-maxilla and nasal bones."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Xiphias or Latin xiphiās (“swordfish”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: xiphiās

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈzɪfiəs/

Synonyms

swordfish Dorado

Questions

How do you pronounce xiphias?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzɪfiəs/.
What does xiphias mean?: Synonym of swordfish.
Where does xiphias come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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