tetradrachm
/ˈtɛtɹədɹæm/noun
tetradrachm is a noun meaning “A silver coin in Ancient Greece, equivalent to four drachms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-E-T-R-A-D-R-A-C-H-M, and it appears about once in every 48 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tetradrachm is tetradrachms.
What does tetradrachm mean?
noun
- 1
A silver coin in Ancient Greece, equivalent to four drachms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tetradrachm?
- /ˈtɛtɹədɹæm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tetradrachm
- tetradrachms plural
- tetradrachma
- tetradrachmon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tetradrachm?
Tetradrachm appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 abbreviate tetradrachm?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tetradrachm: tet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tetradrachm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a silver coin in Ancient Greece:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Tetradrachme |
| Portuguese | tetradracma |
| Spanish | tetradracma |
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 tetradrachm come from?
From Ancient Greek τετράδραχμον (tetrádrakhmon). See tetra- (“four”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).