Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carcinogenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-cinogenous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

carcino- + -genous

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more carcinogenous (comparative) most carcinogenous (superlative)

Questions

What does carcinogenous mean?
Carcinogenic.
Where does carcinogenous come from?
carcino- + -genous

How to pronounce carcinogenous

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