Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prephonemic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-phone-mic
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before understanding the concept of phonemes.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From pre- + phonemic.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does prephonemic mean?
Before understanding the concept of phonemes.
Where does prephonemic come from?
From pre- + phonemic.

How to pronounce prephonemic

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