Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semicardinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semi-car-di-nal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or relating to a direction between two adjacent cardinal points, i.e. northwest, northeast, southwest, or southeast.

Example Sentences

"Let the general division of the winds be as follows: Cardinal Winds, which blow from the cardinal points of heaven; Semicardinal, which blow halfway between those points"
"Historically these colors were associated with the semicardinal directions as follows: black and northeast; yellow and southeast; red and southwest; white and northwest."

Etymology

semi- + cardinal

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Questions

What does semicardinal mean?: Being or relating to a direction between two adjacent cardinal points, i.e. northwest, northeast, southwest, or southeast.
Where does semicardinal come from?: semi- + cardinal

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