Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penguinlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-guin-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a penguin

Example Sentences

"[…] his signature song was El Baile del Pingino (The Penguin Dance), which he illustrated with side-to-side, penguinlike movement in perfect time."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kʷennom Proto-Brythonic *penn Welsh pen? Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.? Proto-Celtic *windos Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn Welsh gwyn? Proto-Indo-European *peyh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-influ.? Latin pinguisder.? English penguin Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English penguinlike From penguin + -like.

Inflected Forms

more penguinlike (comparative) most penguinlike (superlative)

Derived Forms

unpenguinlike

Synonyms

penguinesque penguinish

Antonyms

unpenguinlike

Questions

What does penguinlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a penguin
Where does penguinlike come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kʷennom Proto-Brythonic *penn Welsh pen? Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.? Proto-Celtic *windos Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn Welsh gwyn? Proto-Indo-European *peyh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-influ.? Latin pinguisder.? English penguin Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English penguinlike From penguin + -like.

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