Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preparental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-parental
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to parenthood.

Example Sentences

"In lieu of preparental hand-wringing, Ms. Cornelius said they talked about “how cute the tables were.”"

Etymology

From pre- + parental.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does preparental mean?: Prior to parenthood.
Where does preparental come from?: From pre- + parental.

How to pronounce preparental

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