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cylix

/saɪlɪks/

cylix is the alternative form of kylix.

Meaning of kylix

Noun

kylix (plural kylikes or kylixes or kylices)

  1. An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
    • The dig team unearthed a kylix at the site in Bergama.

Forms of cylix

pluralcylixes
pluralcylices
pluralcylikes
alternative formkylix

Questions about cylix

What is cylix the alternative form of?
Cylix is the alternative form of kylix.
How do you pronounce cylix?
Cylix is pronounced /saɪlɪks/.

Words near cylix in the dictionary

  1. cylindrospermopsin
  2. cylindrospermopsins
  3. cylindrotomid
  4. cylindrotomids
  5. cylindruria
  6. cylix
  7. cylixes
  8. Cyllene
  9. Cyllenean
  10. Cyllenian
  11. Cylon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cylix (page history and authors); kylix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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