Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepidgin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prepid-gin
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early mixture of languages capable of developing into a pidgin.

Example Sentences

"An earlier prepidgin or jargon, which is quite variable in structure, may later become a stable pidgin, which has developed its own lexical and grammatical norms."

Etymology

From pre- + pidgin.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Inflected Forms

prepidgins (plural)

Questions

What does prepidgin mean?: An early mixture of languages capable of developing into a pidgin.
Where does prepidgin come from?: From pre- + pidgin.

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