anabasis
/əˈnæbəsɪs/noun
anabasis is spelled A-N-A-B-A-S-I-S: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anabasis means “A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anabasis is anabases.
How many letters and syllables are in anabasis?
| Letters | 8: A-N-A-B-A-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is anabasis?
Anabasis appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce anabasis?
- UK /əˈnæbəsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anabasis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anabasis
- anabases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anabasis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
- 2
obsoleteThe first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anabasis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense military march up-country:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Anabasis |
| Portuguese | anábase |
| Spanish | anábasis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anabasis come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀνάβασις (anábasis, “a going up, an ascent”), from ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). Compare typologically Proto-West Germanic *raisu (“a travel, journey”) (akin to Proto-Germanic *raizijaną (“to cause (someone, something) to rise; raise”)) (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).