Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

per accidens

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per ac-ci-dens
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin conversio per accidens, English from 1425.

Word Breakdown

Root: conversio per accidens

Inflected Forms

per accidence (alternative)

Antonyms

per se

Questions

What does per accidens mean?: By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.
Where does per accidens come from?: Borrowed from Late Latin conversio per accidens, English from 1425.

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