Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sub-tenant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: sub---tenant
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of subtenant.

verb

Alternative form of subtenant.

Etymology

From sub- + tenant.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

sub-tenants (plural) sub-tenants (present, singular) sub-tenanting (participle, present) sub-tenanted (participle, past) sub-tenanted (past)

Questions

What does sub-tenant mean?: Alternative form of subtenant.
Where does sub-tenant come from?: From sub- + tenant.

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