Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcontrabass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-con-tra-bass
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a pitch below contrabass.

Example Sentences

"a subcontrabass saxophone"
"a subcontrabass flute"
"a subcontrabass tuba"

Etymology

From sub- + contrabass.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Phrases

subcontrabass saxophone

Questions

What does subcontrabass mean?: Having a pitch below contrabass.
Where does subcontrabass come from?: From sub- + contrabass.

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