ethnos
/ˈɛθ.nɒs/noun
ethnos is spelled E-T-H-N-O-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ethnos means “An ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ethnos is ethne or ethnoses.
How many letters and syllables are in ethnos?
| Letters | 6: E-T-H-N-O-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ethnos?
Ethnos appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 ethnos?
- /ˈɛθ.nɒs/
Ethnos has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ethnos?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ethnos.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: honest.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ethnos
- ethne plural
- ethnoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ethnos mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ethnos come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).