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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

procreative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
pro-cre-ative
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the power to beget; generative.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin prōcreātīvus. By surface analysis, procreate + -ive.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: prōcreātīvus

Inflected Forms

more procreative (comparative) most procreative (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonprocreative procreativeness unprocreative

Synonyms

progenitive generative reproductive

Questions

What does procreative mean?
Having the power to beget; generative.
Where does procreative come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce procreative

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