Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microfiction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: mi-crofic-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fiction that has a significantly shorter than average length.

Uncountable

noun

An individual work of this type.

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English microfiction From micro- + fiction.

Usage

Inflected Forms

microfictions (plural) micro-fiction (alternative)

Phrases

flash fiction short short story sudden fiction

Frequently Paired Words

drabble flashfic flash fiction short short story sudden fiction

Questions

What does microfiction mean?: Fiction that has a significantly shorter than average length.
Where does microfiction come from?: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English microfiction From micro- + fiction.

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