Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonmaternal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
non-ma-ter-nal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not maternal.

Etymology

From non- + maternal.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does nonmaternal mean?
Not maternal.
Where does nonmaternal come from?
From non- + maternal.

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