Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frankensam

/ˈfɹaŋkənˌsam/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
franken-sam
IPA
/ˈfɹaŋkənˌsam/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any ground-based air-defence system assembled from multiple heterogeneous existing air-defence systems.

Informal; Uncountable

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Questions

How do you pronounce frankensam?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹaŋkənˌsam/.
What does frankensam mean?
Any ground-based air-defence system assembled from multiple heterogeneous existing air-defence systems.
Where does frankensam come from?
From Franken- (“combination of disparate elements”) + SAM (“surface-to-air missile”).

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