Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcultural

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: sub-cul-tur-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a subculture, or to subcultures in general.

Example Sentences

"A sub-cultural style or artifact, when adopted by the mainstream, loses its singularity. Once bell-bottoms became fashionable they were no longer a "gay style.""

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural English subcultural From sub- + cultural.

Derived Forms

multisubcultural nonsubcultural subculturalist subculturally

Phrases

subcultural capital

Questions

What does subcultural mean?: Pertaining to a subculture, or to subcultures in general.
Where does subcultural come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural English subcultural From sub- + cultural.

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