Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infector

/ɪnˈfɛk.təɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-fec-tor
IPA: /ɪnˈfɛk.təɹ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that infects; that which causes infection.

Example Sentences

"That's when a rapidly proliferating virus from Israel dubbed Jerusalem bogged down computers around the world, and Brain--a "boot-sector infector" from Pakistan that hit MS-DOS systems--went on a rampage."

Etymology

From infect + -or.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: infect
Suffix: -or

Inflected Forms

infectors (plural)

Derived Forms

infectress superinfector

Questions

How do you pronounce infector?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈfɛk.təɹ/.
What does infector mean?: Something that infects; that which causes infection.
Where does infector come from?: From infect + -or.

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