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metrolingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
metrolin-gual
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing the form of language used by diverse ethnic and cultural groups in a shared urban environment

Etymology

From metro- + lingual.

Frequently Paired Words

metrolingualism

Rhymes With

translingual exolingual quinquelingual brevilingual colingual plurilingual posterolingual audiolingual pentalingual tetralingual ventrolingual crosslingual

Questions

What does metrolingual mean?
Describing the form of language used by diverse ethnic and cultural groups in a shared urban environment
Where does metrolingual come from?
From metro- + lingual.

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