postpharaonic
/ˌpoʊstˌfɛɹeɪˈɑnɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
After the era of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
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 pharaonic English postpharaonic From post- (prefix meaning ‘after; later’) + pharaonic (“of or relating to a pharaoh”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpoʊstˌfɛɹeɪˈɑnɪk/
- British English: /ˌpəʊstˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/