Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypercontinental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-con-ti-nen-tal
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely continental (in climate).

Example Sentences

"Hypercontinental climate has an average monthly temperature range of over 46° Celcius."

Etymology

From hyper- + continental.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper-
Suffix: continental

Questions

What does hypercontinental mean?: Extremely continental (in climate).
Where does hypercontinental come from?: From hyper- + continental.

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