Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepausal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prepausal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before a pause in speech.

Example Sentences

"In the simple past and hesternal past (57b), there is an added H on the final vowel (which spreads leftward, when prepausal) and causes deletion of preceding Hs."

Etymology

From pre- + pausal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Derived Forms

prepausally

Synonyms

prepause

Antonyms

postpausal

Questions

What does prepausal mean?: Before a pause in speech.
Where does prepausal come from?: From pre- + pausal.

How to pronounce prepausal

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