kouros
/ˈkuːɹɒs/noun
kouros is spelled K-O-U-R-O-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kouros means “A sculpture of a naked youth in Ancient Greece, the male equivalent of a kore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kouros is kouroi.
How many letters and syllables are in kouros?
| Letters | 6: K-O-U-R-O-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th 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 kouros?
Kouros appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 kouros?
- /ˈkuːɹɒs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kouros
- kouroi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kouros mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sculpture of a naked youth in Ancient Greece, the male equivalent of a kore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kouros come from?
From Ionic Ancient Greek κοῦρος (koûros), variant of Attic κόρος (kóros, “boy”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).