Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undertune

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-tune
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An underlying or background tune.

Example Sentences

"Down below, the rasping sound of rough salt rubbed on rough flesh sounded like the whirring of a grindstone — a steady undertune to the "click-nick" of the knives in the pen; […]"

Etymology

From under- + tune.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

undertunes (plural)

Questions

What does undertune mean?: An underlying or background tune.
Where does undertune come from?: From under- + tune.

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