Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

attriter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: at-trit-er
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, attrites.

noun

One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.

Example Sentences

"Attriters often experience lexical access problems, i.e. a discrepancy between what they would like to say, their communicative intention, and what they still know how to say in their L1. (Q52147493 (Q52147493) (2004), First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Methodological Issues, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 196)"

Etymology

From attrite + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: attrite

Inflected Forms

attriters (plural)

Questions

What does attriter mean?: One who, or that which, attrites.
Where does attriter come from?: From attrite + -er.

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