Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transcribble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tran-scrib-ble
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To transcribe poorly.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"By this account of his day’s tranſactions, the reader will ſee how very impoſſible it was for him to find leiſure for ſtudy, in the midſt of ſo many important avocations; yet notwithſtanding this great variety of buſineſs, he made a ſhift ſometimes to play half a tune on the German-flute in a morning, and once in a quarter of a year, took the pains to tranſcribble a ſermon out of various authors."

Etymology

From tran- + scribble.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tran

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

transcribbles (present, singular) transcribbling (participle, present) transcribbled (participle, past) transcribbled (past)

Questions

What does transcribble mean?: To transcribe poorly.
Where does transcribble come from?: From tran- + scribble.

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