Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superfirm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-firm
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An especially large and successful firm (business concern).

Example Sentences

"The superfirms tend to become elaborate bureaucracies, with special patterns of recruitment, in-service training, and so on."

Etymology

From super- + firm.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

superfirms (plural)

Questions

What does superfirm mean?: An especially large and successful firm (business concern).
Where does superfirm come from?: From super- + firm.

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