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PHILOMEL

Definition: PHILOMEL

PHILOMEL

Noun

1. Same as Philomela, the nightingale.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"PHILOMEL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a nightingale".

Date "PHILOMEL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: PHILOMEL

DomainDefinition

Literature

Philomel or ~~~Philomela.
Philomela. (See Nightingale .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: PHILOMEL

English words defined with "PHILOMEL": Philomela. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PHILOMEL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Christie classics : The murder of Roger Ackroyd, And then there were none, The witness for the prosecution, Philomel Cottage, Three blind mice (reference)

  • Philomel Foundation (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Usage Frequency: PHILOMEL

"PHILOMEL" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PHILOMEL" is used about 19 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 (proper)100%1980,337

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

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: PHILOMEL

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

philomel book

9

philomel

8

philomel cottage

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

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Modern Translation: PHILOMEL

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

Bulgarian 

  

Славей (Nightingale, Philomela). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Αηδών (Nightingale), Φιλομήλα. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ֶמיר (Nightingale). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ilomelphay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

Privighetoare (Nightingale), Filomelã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

соловей (nightingale, Philomela), филомела (Philomela). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Bülbül (nightingale). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: PHILOMEL

Derivations

Words beginning with "PHILOMEL": philomels. (additional references)


Misspellings

"PHILOMEL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chelomei, Philomela, Philomele, Philomen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PHILOMEL"

Words rhyming with "PHILOMEL" (pronounced 'Phil"o*mel'): Bechamel, Bepommel, Caramel, Caromel, Charmel, Flockmel, Fummel, Hemmel, hydromel, kummel, OEnomel, Oxymel, Picromel, Rammel, Rodomel, Wammel, Whammel, Ymel. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PHILOMEL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-l-m-o-p"

-2 letters: mollie, phloem.

-3 letters: helio, hello, hillo, impel, mille, mohel.

-4 letters: elhi, heil, hell, helm, helo, help, hemp, hill, hole, holm, holp, home, hope, lime, limo, limp, lipe, lope, mell, mile, mill, milo, moil, mole, moll, mope, pile, pill, plie, poem, pole, poll, pome.

-5 letters: ell, elm, hem, hep, hie, him, hip, hoe, hop, ill.

 Words containing the letters "e-h-i-l-l-m-o-p"
 

+1 letter: philomels.

 

+3 letters: mesophyllic.

 

+4 letters: phonemically.

 

+5 letters: allelomorphic, aminophylline, morphemically.

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

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