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IMPLUVIUM

Definition: IMPLUVIUM

IMPLUVIUM

Noun

1. In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "IMPLUVIUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references)

Etymology: Impluvium \Im*plu"vi*um\, noun. [Latin expression, from impluere to rain into; prefix im- in pluere to rain.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: IMPLUVIUM

English words defined with "IMPLUVIUM": Compluvium. (references)

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Usage Frequency: IMPLUVIUM

"IMPLUVIUM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IMPLUVIUM" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: IMPLUVIUM

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

impluvium

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: IMPLUVIUM

Language Translations for "IMPLUVIUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Italian

  

impluvio. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

impluviumay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "IMPLUVIUM"

Words rhyming with "IMPLUVIUM" (pronounced 'Im*plu"vi*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum, Ascidiarium, Ascidium, Aspersorium, Asylum, Auchenium, Auditorium, Aurum, Bacterium, Ballium, barium, Basidium, Basigynium, Basipterygium, Bdellium, Begum, Bivium, Brachium, Brontotherium, Brontozoum, Bryozoum, Bucranium, Bungarum, Cadmium, Caecum, Caesium, Caladium, Calamistrum, Calcaneum, Calcium, Calistheneum, Callosum, Cambium, Candelabrum, Capitulum, Carborundum, Caseum, Castoreum, Celtium, Centrum, Cephalanthium, Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Cerium, Ceruleum, Cheiropterygium, Cheirotherium, Chloralum, Chromium, Chrysanthemum, Ciborium, Cingulum, Claustrum, Clinanthium, Clum, Coagulum, Coccobacterium, Coelum, Coenoecium, Colchicum, Colleterium, Collodium, Collum, Collyrium, Colostrum, Columbarium, Columbium, Cometarium, Compendium, Compluvium, Conidium, Conium, Conjugium, Contagium, Conundrum, Corallum, Corniculum, Coronium, Corrigendum, Corundum, Cranium, Credendum, Cribellum, Crincum, Crincum-crancum, Crinum, Crissum, Crotalum, cuprum, Curriculum, Cymatium, Cymbium, Cynarrhodium, Cypripedium, damnum, Datum, Davyum, Decennium, Decipium, Decorum, Degum, Deinotherium, Deliquium, Delirium, Deltidium, Dentalium, Depositum, Desideratum, Diacodium, Dianium, Dictum, Didymium, Digitorium, Diluvium, Diverticulum, Doliolum, Dolium, Dorsum, Dromatherium, Duodenum, dysprosium, Eardrum, Ecballium, Ecthoreum, Ectobronchium, Ectropium, Effluvium, Ekaluminium, Elaterium, Elysium, Emporium, Encomium, Endocardium, Endometrium, Endomysium, Endoneurium, Endophloeum, Endosteum, Endothecium, Endothelium, Enrheum, Entobronchium, Entropium, Ephippium, Epicardium, Epicedium, Epicleidium, Epicranium, Epigastrium, Epineurium, Epiphyllum, Epipodium, Episternum, Epithalamium, Epithelium, Equilibrium, Equisetum, Erratum, Erythronium, Eulogium, Eupatorium, Euphonium, Euphorbium, europium, Excubitorium, Exogium, Exordium, Exothecium, Factotum, Factum, Fee-faw-fum, Figgum, Flabellum, flagellum, folium, forum, Fraenulum, Fretum, Frigidarium, frustum, fulcrum, fum, Fumatorium, Furculum, Garum, Gelsemium, Geranium, Germarium, Gigerium, Glabellum, Glaum, Glochidium, Glucinum, Gnaphalium, Gnathidium, Gonoblastidium, Gossypium, Grum, Guiacum, Gymnasium, gynoecium, Gypsum, Habendum, Hamatum, harmonium, harum-scarum, Haum, Haustellum, haustorium, Helichrysum, Hemicerebrum, Herbarium, Hesperidium, Hibernaculum, hilum, holmium, hoodlum, hordeolum, Hormogonium, Hospitium, Hummum, hydrargyrum, Hydroperitoneum, Hydrophyllium, hymenium, Hypanthium, Hypericum, Hypnum, hypochondrium, Hypocleidium, Hypodactylum, Hypogastrium, Hypogeum, Hypoptilum, Ichthyopterygium, Illicium, Ilmenium, Imperium, Incertum, Incunabulum, indecorum, indium, indusium, infundibulum, Interambulacrum, Intercentrum, Interoperculum, INTERREGNUM, Intervallum, Involucellum, Ionidium, iridium, jejunum, jorum, Jugulum, Jugum, Juramentum, Kalium, kettledrum, Korrigum, Labarum, Labellum, labium, Labrum, Laburnum, Lactucarium, ladanum, lanthanum, Larum, Latibulum, laudanum, Lavoesium, linoleum, Linum, Lithargyrum, lithium, Lixivium, Lum, lustrum, lutecium, lyceum, Lycopodium, Lygodium, Macrosporangium, Madisterium, magnesium, magnum, Manganesium, Manganium, manubrium, Marrubium, mausoleum, Meconidium, meconium, meerschaum, memorandum, Menstruum, mentum, Mercurammonium, Mesembryanthemum, Mesoarium, Mesobronchium, Mesocaecum, Mesogastrium, Mesometrium, Mesonotum, Mesophloeum, Mesophyllum, Mesopodium, Mesopterygium, Mesorchium, Mesorectum, Mesoscutum, Mesosternum, mesothelium, Mesothorium, mesovarium, Mesymnicum, Metalammonium, Metanotum, Metapodium, Metapterygium, Meum, Microsporangium, millennium, minimum, minium, Minum, modicum, molluscum, molybdenum, momentum, Monopodium, moratorium, Multum, museum, mutandum, Mycelium, Myocardium, Nasturtium, Natatorium, Natrium, Nemathecium, Nephridium, neptunium, Neuropodium, Nitroleum, norium, Norwegium, Nostrum, Notaeum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: IMPLUVIUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-i-l-m-m-p-u-u-v"

-3 letters: milium.

-4 letters: ilium.

-5 letters: impi, limp, lump, mump, mumu, pili, plum, puli.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IMPLUVIUM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4D 50 4C 55 56 49 55 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    --    .--.    .-..    ..-    ...-    ..    ..-    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001101 01010000 01001100 01010101 01010110 01001001 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#77 &#80 &#76 &#85 &#86 &#73 &#85 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004D 0050 004C 0055 0056 0049 0055 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

434750465556435547

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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