Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dolphinlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dol-phin-like
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.

Example Sentences

"He used gravity and the tension created by cooling glass to manipulate the piece into a dolphinlike shape."

Etymology

From dolphin + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dolphin

Inflected Forms

more dolphinlike (comparative) most dolphinlike (superlative)

Derived Forms

undolphinlike

Synonyms

delphine

Questions

What does dolphinlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
Where does dolphinlike come from?: From dolphin + -like.

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