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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

terrible infant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables
ter-ri-ble in-fant
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enfant terrible.

Etymology

Calque of French enfant terrible.

Inflected Forms

terrible infants (plural)

Questions

What does terrible infant mean?
An enfant terrible.
Where does terrible infant come from?
Calque of French enfant terrible.

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