Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semistandard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
semi-s-tan-dard
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

From semi- + standard.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does semistandard mean?
Of a Young tableau: having the entries weakly increasing along each row and strictly increasing down each column.
Where does semistandard come from?
From semi- + standard.

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