Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precarium

/pɹɪˈkɛɹi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-car-i-um
IPA: /pɹɪˈkɛɹi.əm/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of land tenure in which a petitioner receives a property for a specific amount of time without any change of ownership.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹɪˈkɛɹi.əm/
British English: /pɹɪˈkɛəɹi.əm/

Inflected Forms

precaria (plural)

Rhymes With

herbarium fusarium samarium imaginarium vivarium columbarium armamentarium oceanarium seaquarium itinerarium leprosarium insectarium

Questions

How do you pronounce precarium?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪˈkɛɹi.əm/.
What does precarium mean?: A form of land tenure in which a petitioner receives a property for a specific amount of time without any change of ownership.

How to pronounce precarium

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