Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recaptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-cap-tive
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city.

Etymology

From re- + captive?

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

recaptives (plural)

Questions

What does recaptive mean?: A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city.
Where does recaptive come from?: From re- + captive?

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