zenon
/zˈinən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zeno.
Example Sentences
- "Of her two sons, the one, Zenon, became king of Armenia, while the other, Polemon, after assisting her in the administration of her kingdom during her life, succeeded her on the throne of Pontus."
- "All the Greek papyri which belong to it were filed and docketed by a certain Zenon and formed therefore a part of his correspondence, his private archives."
- "I followed Orlan’s advice and had the baby baptized immediately. I named him Zenon, after his father’s first nom de guerre."
- "For example, there is a famous paradox from one of the first philosophers who called themselves philosophers. Moreover, he is considered to be the inventor of dialectics, it is Zenon. There are two Zenons: there is Zenon the Stoic and Zenon of Elea."
Etymology
From Spanish Zenón and French Zénon, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Zenón, Zénon, Ζήνων