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phrygian

Phryg·i·an/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/adjective, noun

phrygian is spelled P-H-R-Y-G-I-A-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (Phryg·i·an). It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, phrygian means “Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in phrygian?

Letters8: P-H-R-Y-G-I-A-N
Syllables3: Phryg·i·an
In writingabout once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 phrygian?

Phrygian appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th 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 phrygian?

  • UK /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/
  • US /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/

Phrygian has 3 syllables, split Phryg·i·an in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Phrygian.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with phrygian?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as phrygian from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdʒiən/):

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).

What does phrygian mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian

adjective

as Phrygian
  1. 1

    Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.

  2. 2

    Written or spoken in the Phrygian language.

  3. 3

    In the Phrygian mode.

noun

as Phrygian
  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

  2. 2

    A Montanist.

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian, in the musical sense

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Phrygian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanphrygisch (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their…), Phryger, Phrygerin (native or inhabitant of Phrygia)
Portuguesefrígio (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their…)
Spanishfrigio (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their…)
FrenchPhrygien, Phrygienne (native or inhabitant of Phrygia)

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 phrygian come from?

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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