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tremissis

tre·mis·sis
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trih-mis-is]
    • /trɪˈmɪs ɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trih-mis-is]
    • /trɪˈmɪs ɪs/

Definitions of tremissis word

  • noun plural tremissis Also called triens. a gold coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, the third part of a solidus, first issued in the 3rd century a.d. 1
  • noun plural tremissis a Merovingian gold coin imitating this. 1

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Origin of tremissis

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
1700-10; < Late Latin trēmissis, equivalent to Latin trē(s) three + -missis as in sēmissis, Late Latin form of Latin sēmis semis (falsely analyzed as sē- + -missis)

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Parts of speech for Tremissis

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tremissis popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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