sagitta
/səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/noun
sagitta is spelled S-A-G-I-T-T-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sagitta means “The keystone of an arch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sagitta is sagittas or sagittae.
How many letters and syllables are in sagitta?
| Letters | 7: S-A-G-I-T-T-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th 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 sagitta?
Sagitta appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 sagitta?
- /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sagitta.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sagitta
- sagittas plural
- sagittae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sagitta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The keystone of an arch.
- 2
The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
- 3
The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
- 4
Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sagitta come from?
Borrowing from Latin sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).