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evaporative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
evap-o-ra-tive
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.

Etymology

Etymology tree English evaporate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English evaporative From evaporate + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more evaporative (comparative) most evaporative (superlative)

Derived Forms

evaporatively photoevaporative

Phrases

evaporative cooler evaporative cooling

Questions

What does evaporative mean?
Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.
Where does evaporative come from?
Etymology tree English evaporate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English evaporative From evaporate + -ive.

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