Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

premarriage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-mar-riage
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before marriage.

noun

A period of time before marriage.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dating and pre-marriage are times to sort out what kind of person you like or if you like people at all."
"If we have to start inspecting premarriages and I have to give birth control advice to every innocent woman those boys decide […]"
"There I have dumped willy-nilly into a giant coffin-sized plastic bin of photos that dated back to premarriage and children."

Etymology

From pre- + marriage.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

Inflected Forms

pre-marriage (alternative) premarriages (plural)

Questions

What does premarriage mean?: Before marriage.
Where does premarriage come from?: From pre- + marriage.

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