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persephone

Per·seph·o·ne
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [per-sef-uh-nee]
    • /pərˈsɛf ə ni/
    • /pəsˈefəni/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [per-sef-uh-nee]
    • /pərˈsɛf ə ni/

Definitions of persephone word

  • noun persephone Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year. 1
  • noun persephone a female given name. 1
  • noun persephone a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades and made his wife and queen of the underworld, but allowed part of each year to leave it 0
  • noun persephone the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades (Pluto) to be his wife in the lower world: identified with the Roman Proserpina 0
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Parts of speech for Persephone

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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persephone popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • adonis

    a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite. Killed by a wild boar, he was believed to spend part of the year in the underworld and part on earth, symbolizing the vegetative cycle

  • carpophorus

    an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.

  • eleusinian mysteries

    a mystical religious festival, held in September at Eleusis in classical times, in which initiates celebrated Persephone, Demeter, and Dionysus

  • kore

    Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.

  • libera

    an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.

  • minthe

    a nymph who was changed into a mint plant by Persephone to protect her from Hades.
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