Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preschool

/ˈpɹiːskuːl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: preschool
IPA: /ˈpɹiːskuːl/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.

noun

A nursery school.

noun

A school including nursery and kindergarten. It is succeeded by elementary school.

verb

To provide nursery school education for.

Transitive verb

verb

To undergo nursery school education.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"What could you do with the transumer trend in your agency? What about a coffee cart where parents pick up their children from preschool or classes?"
"In a study published in late July in the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers looked at how 1,619 children in China were doing in terms of sleep. The children, ages 4, 5 and 6, were recruited from 11 preschools in the province of Guizhou, in the city of Zunyi, about 650 miles from Wuhan."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English school English preschool From pre- + school.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɹiːskuːl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pre-school (alternative) preschools (plural) preschools (present, singular) preschooling (participle, present) preschooled (participle, past) preschooled (past)

Frequently Paired Words

preschooler

Rhymes With

school home-school old-school you'll cool rule pool tool fool istanbul abdul stool

Questions

How do you pronounce preschool?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹiːskuːl/.
What does preschool mean?: Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.
Where does preschool come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English school English preschool From pre- + school.

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