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contemporal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tem-po-ral
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action occurs (and is completed) immediately before the primary action of the statement.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemporālis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: contemporālis

Frequently Paired Words

contemporary immediative

Questions

What does contemporal mean?
Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action occurs (and is completed) immediately before the primary action of the statement.
Where does contemporal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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