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kinescope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
ki-nescope
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.

noun

An early television receiver tube.

verb

To record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English kine- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English kinescope From kine- + -scope.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

kinescopes (plural) kinescopes (present, singular) kinescoping (participle, present) kinescoped (participle, past) kinescoped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

kinescopic kinescopy kinetoscope

Synonyms

kine picture tube television tube

Questions

What does kinescope mean?
A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.
Where does kinescope come from?
Etymology tree English kine- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English kinescope From kine- + -scope.

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