Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countercomplaint

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coun-ter-com-plaint
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English complaint English countercomplaint From counter- + complaint.

Inflected Forms

countercomplaints (plural)

Questions

What does countercomplaint mean?
A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
Where does countercomplaint come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English complaint English countercomplaint From counter- + complaint.

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