Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incubee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-cubee
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who participates in an incubator (a support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies).

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"But although it seems clear that everyone has an awful lot to say, none of the incubees seems to want to talk to me about their businesses. They are happy to pass out public-relations blurb sheets, which are filled with words like "content" and "information" and "people on the go.""
"I am showing you respect by using their traditions, and traditionally, you'd give a gift on important occasions, such as the graduating of an incubee."

Etymology

From From incub(ate) + -ee.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

incubees (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

incubatee

Questions

What does incubee mean?: Someone who participates in an incubator (a support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies).
Where does incubee come from?: From From incub(ate) + -ee.

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