Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

post-tropical

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
post-trop-i-cal
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English tropical English post-tropical From post- + tropical.

Questions

What does post-tropical mean?
Having previously been a tropical storm.
Where does post-tropical come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English tropical English post-tropical From post- + tropical.

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