Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preprimary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prepri-ma-ry
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or taking place in the time before a primary election.

adj

Before primary education.

noun

An election that takes place before a primary election.

Etymology

From pre- + primary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Inflected Forms

preprimaries (plural)

Questions

What does preprimary mean?: Pertaining to, or taking place in the time before a primary election.
Where does preprimary come from?: From pre- + primary.

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