Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supertribe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-tribe
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

one of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; a supertribe is more specific than a subfamily and more general than a tribe

Example Sentences

"taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English tribe English supertribe From super- + tribe.

Inflected Forms

supertribes (plural)

Questions

What does supertribe mean?: one of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; a supertribe is more specific than a subfamily and more general than a tribe
Where does supertribe come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English tribe English supertribe From super- + tribe.

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