Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudo-participial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-do--par-ticip-i-al
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the form of a participial of a verb, but for which no such verb exists. For example, for the adjective yellow-bellied there is no corresponding verb "to yellow-belly".

noun

A pseudo-participial word.

Example Sentences

"Modifiers are frequently in the form of a pseudo-participial (e.g. red-whiskered bulbul), especially where there is a large number of species for that type of bird, such as the bulbuls, of which 24 species occur in South Asia."

Inflected Forms

pseudo-participials (plural)

Questions

What does pseudo-participial mean?: Having the form of a participial of a verb, but for which no such verb exists. For example, for the adjective yellow-bellied there is no corresponding verb "to yellow-belly".

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