Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

head-initial

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
head--ini-tial
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the head (primary morpheme) at the beginning of a phrase.

Questions

What does head-initial mean?
Having the head (primary morpheme) at the beginning of a phrase.

How to pronounce head-initial

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