Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deflagrative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fla-gra-tive
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That causes (or is accompanied by) deflagration

Etymology

Etymology tree English deflagrate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English deflagrative From deflagrate + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more deflagrative (comparative) most deflagrative (superlative)

Questions

What does deflagrative mean?
That causes (or is accompanied by) deflagration
Where does deflagrative come from?
Etymology tree English deflagrate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English deflagrative From deflagrate + -ive.

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