Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interconsonantal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-con-so-nan-tal
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Existing or occurring between consonants.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English consonant Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English consonantal English interconsonantal From inter- + consonantal.

Derived Forms

Phrases

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Questions

What does interconsonantal mean?
Existing or occurring between consonants.
Where does interconsonantal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English consonant Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English consonantal English interconsonantal From inter- + consonantal.

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