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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fissilingual

/fɪ.sɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fis-silin-gual
IPA
/fɪ.sɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a forked tongue.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin fissus (p.p. of findere (“to split”)) + lingual.

Inflected Forms

more fissilingual (comparative) most fissilingual (superlative)

Synonyms

fork-tongued

Rhymes With

bilingual multilingual lingual monolingual sublingual trilingual unilingual interlingual quadrilingual polylingual omnilingual buccolingual

Questions

How do you pronounce fissilingual?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɪ.sɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/.
What does fissilingual mean?
Having a forked tongue.
Where does fissilingual come from?
From Latin fissus (p.p. of findere (“to split”)) + lingual.

How to pronounce fissilingual

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