multiplication
/ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If the lesser nobility have remained more numerous, it must be attributed partly to the gradual multiplication of letters of nobility, and partly to the state of indigence in which in some provinces vast numbers of the gentry lived, and which left them strangers to those habits of caution by which opulent families are governed."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, multiplicacion, multiplicatio
- Suffix: multiplicate