eidos
/ˈaɪdɒs/noun
eidos is a noun meaning “Form; essence; type; species” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-I-D-O-S, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of eidos is eidoi.
What does eidos mean?
noun
- 1
Form; essence; type; species.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce eidos?
- UK /ˈaɪdɒs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of eidos
- eidoi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is eidos?
Eidos appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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).
Where does eidos come from?
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “species”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).