Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bisegmental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biseg-men-tal
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Consisting of two segments.

Example Sentences

"The phonological evidence is also equivocal: some fact suggest that affricatives are monosegmental, whereas other facts suggest that they are bisegmental."

Etymology

From bi- + segmental.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bi-
Suffix: segmental

Questions

What does bisegmental mean?: Consisting of two segments.
Where does bisegmental come from?: From bi- + segmental.

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