Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merparent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mer-par-ent
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parent who is a merperson.

Example Sentences

"After a while the distressed merparents came in search of their lost child."
"He wiped milk from his eyebrows and wondered if merparents spanked their children."
"A steady stream of merparents and merstudents floated in."
"“Pops, he’s a fine young man and smart, too. Besides, he has merparents.” “A human with merparents? That’s impossible! I suppose you’ll tell me next he’s planning to grow a tail.”"

Etymology

From mer- + parent.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mer

Inflected Forms

merparents (plural)

Questions

What does merparent mean?: A parent who is a merperson.
Where does merparent come from?: From mer- + parent.

How to pronounce merparent

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