Maecenas
Mae·ce·nas/mʌɪˈsiː.nəs/noun
Maecenas is spelled M-A-E-C-E-N-A-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables (Mae·ce·nas). It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Maecenas means “A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Maecenas is Maecenases.
How many letters and syllables are in Maecenas?
| Letters | 8: M-A-E-C-E-N-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: Mae·ce·nas |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Maecenas?
Maecenas appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 Maecenas?
- UK /mʌɪˈsiː.nəs/
Maecenas has 3 syllables, split Mae·ce·nas in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Maecenas.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Maecenas?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Maecenas from its last stressed vowel (/inəs/, British pronunciation):
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 Maecenas
- Maecenases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Maecenas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Maecenas in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art:
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 Maecenas come from?
Derived from Middle French mecenas, and its source, Latin Maecēnās (“literary patron”), from the name of Gaius Maecenas (c. 70–8 BCE), Roman statesman and patron of Horace and Virgil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).