Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acclive

/əˈklaɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ac-clive
IPA: /əˈklaɪv/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of acclivous (“sloping upwards”).

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin clīvus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin acclīvislbor. English acclive Learned borrowing from Latin acclīvis.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more acclive (comparative) most acclive (superlative)

Synonyms

acclivous

Rhymes With

live five drive alive nine while five twenty-five survive arrive forty-five dive eighty-five thrive

Questions

How do you pronounce acclive?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈklaɪv/.
What does acclive mean?: Synonym of acclivous (“sloping upwards”).
Where does acclive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin clīvus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin acclīvislbor. English acclive Learned borrowing from Latin acclīvis.

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