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underarticulation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-ar-tic-u-la-tion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Deliberately leaving an utterance indistinct or unarticulated.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Medieval Latin articulātiōder. Old French articulacionbor. Middle English articulacioun English articulation English underarticulation From under- + articulation.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

overarticulation hyperarticulation interarticulation

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does underarticulation mean?
Deliberately leaving an utterance indistinct or unarticulated.
Where does underarticulation come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Medieval Latin articulātiōder. Old French articulacionbor. Middle English articulacioun English articulation English underarticulation From under- + articulation.

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