Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretraditional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-tra-di-tion-al
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the development of a tradition.

Example Sentences

"Three periods of occupation were brought to light in the investigations; a pretraditional epoch, marked by corrugated pottery; a traditional epoch, and a documentary epoch."

Etymology

From pre- + traditional.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does pretraditional mean?: Before the development of a tradition.
Where does pretraditional come from?: From pre- + traditional.

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