Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

igloolike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: igloo-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling an igloo

Example Sentences

"[…] they celebrated by kissing under a favorite old maple tree that overhangs a Boulder sidewalk, creating an igloolike enclosure."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)bor. English igloo Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English igloolike From igloo + -like.

Inflected Forms

more igloolike (comparative) most igloolike (superlative)

Questions

What does igloolike mean?: Resembling an igloo
Where does igloolike come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)bor. English igloo Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English igloolike From igloo + -like.

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