Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pre-decimalisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: pre-dec-i-mal-i-sa-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of predecimalization.

British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English decimalisation English pre-decimalisation From pre- + decimalisation.

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does pre-decimalisation mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of predecimalization.
Where does pre-decimalisation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English decimalisation English pre-decimalisation From pre- + decimalisation.

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