Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phonophoric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phonophoric
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sound-bearing; said of certain characters in otherwise ideographic languages.

Example Sentences

"The graphic component in a character that plays a phonetic role is called phonophoric, and the one that plays a semantic role is called signific."

Etymology

From phono- + -phore + -ic.

Questions

What does phonophoric mean?: Sound-bearing; said of certain characters in otherwise ideographic languages.
Where does phonophoric come from?: From phono- + -phore + -ic.

How to pronounce phonophoric

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