labrys
/ˈlæ.brɪs/noun
labrys is a noun meaning “A double-headed axe in Minoan mythology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-R-Y-S, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of labrys is labryes or labryses.
What does labrys mean?
noun
- 1
A double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
- 2
A symbol of a double-headed axe used to represent lesbian pride.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce labrys?
- /ˈlæ.brɪs/
- /ˈleɪ̯.brɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of labrys
- labryes plural
- labryses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is labrys?
Labrys appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 labrys come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λάβρυς (lábrus, “axe”), from Lydian 𐤩𐤠𐤡𐤭𐤧𐤳 (lapryš).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).