Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bashism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bashism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shell command specific to the Bash interpreter.

Informal

Etymology

From Bash + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Bash

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

bashisms (plural)

Questions

What does bashism mean?: A shell command specific to the Bash interpreter.
Where does bashism come from?: From Bash + -ism.

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