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mundation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mun-da-tion
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of cleaning.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin mundātio (“cleaning”), from mundō (“to make clean”), from mundus (“clean, neat, elegant”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wash, wet”). Cognate with Dutch mooi (“nice, beautiful, sheen”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: mundātio, *mewH-

Usage

Inflected Forms

mundations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mundatory

Questions

What does mundation mean?
The act of cleaning.
Where does mundation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce mundation

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