Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pluriannual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pluri-an-nu-al
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covering more than one year.

Example Sentences

"This may be related to various factors, among others the earlier harvest date in pluriannual crops (thus extended exposure after protection and until fledging), and higher vole abundance in these types of habitat (Jareno et al. 2014) which may attract more predators."

Etymology

From pluri- + annual.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pluri

Questions

What does pluriannual mean?: Covering more than one year.
Where does pluriannual come from?: From pluri- + annual.

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