culverin
/ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/noun
culverin is spelled C-U-L-V-E-R-I-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, culverin means “A kind of handgun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of culverin is culverins.
How many letters and syllables are in culverin?
| Letters | 8: C-U-L-V-E-R-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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 culverin?
Culverin appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 culverin?
- /ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of culverin
- culverins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does culverin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of handgun.
- 2
A large cannon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Culverin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense handgun:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | couleuvrine |
| German | Feldschlange, Kolubrine |
| Portuguese | colubrina |
| Spanish | culebrina |
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 culverin come from?
From Middle English culveryne, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre (“snake”) (or from Latin colubrīnus), ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber (“snake”). Doublet of colubrine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).