Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recursive compound word

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: re-cur-sive -com-pound -word
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Compound word composed of at least one other compound word.

Example Sentences

"The recursive compound word "chocolate teapot" is composed of "chocolate" and "teapot" which itself is also a compound word composed of "tea" and "pot"."
"A structure of recursive compound words has not been discussed by many researchers in the generative linguistics. In compounding, recursion can be defined that a compound noun freely becomes the base of another compound noun (Namiki 1988)."

Etymology

From recursive + compound word (which itself, being a compound word, is autological), making the word recursive compound word autological too.

Inflected Forms

recursive compound words (plural)

Phrases

recursive compound recursive acronym

Frequently Paired Words

recursive acronym

Questions

What does recursive compound word mean?: Compound word composed of at least one other compound word.
Where does recursive compound word come from?: From recursive + compound word (which itself, being a compound word, is autological), making the word recursive compound word autological too.

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