Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glossotype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glos-so-type
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular phonetic writing system.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly."

Etymology

From glosso- + -type.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: glosso
Suffix: type

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does glossotype mean?: A particular phonetic writing system.
Where does glossotype come from?: From glosso- + -type.

How to pronounce glossotype

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