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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preliminal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-lim-i-nal
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to the beginning of a process

Etymology

From pre- + liminal.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does preliminal mean?
Prior to the beginning of a process
Where does preliminal come from?
From pre- + liminal.

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