metope
/ˈmɛtəʊp/noun
metope is a noun meaning “The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-E-T-O-P-E, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of metope is metopes.
What does metope mean?
noun
- 1
The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce metope?
- /ˈmɛtəʊp/
- /ˈmɛtəpi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-metope.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of metope
- metopes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is metope?
Metope appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).
Metope in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Metope |
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 metope come from?
From Latin metopa and its source, Koine Greek μετόπη (metópē), from μετά (metá, “between”) + ὀπή (opḗ, “hole”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).