Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefricative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-frica-tive
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before a fricative.

Etymology

From pre- + fricative.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does prefricative mean?
Before a fricative.
Where does prefricative come from?
From pre- + fricative.

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