Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brinicle

/ˈbɹaɪnɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brini-cle
IPA: /ˈbɹaɪnɪkəl/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A formation of frozen brine, occurring beneath sea ice and analogous to a stalactite.

Etymology

Blend of brine + icicle, though given that icicle is a pleonastic compound of ice + ickle, brinicle could be surface-analysed as brine + ickle.

Inflected Forms

brinicles (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce brinicle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹaɪnɪkəl/.
What does brinicle mean?: A formation of frozen brine, occurring beneath sea ice and analogous to a stalactite.
Where does brinicle come from?: Blend of brine + icicle, though given that icicle is a pleonastic compound of ice + ickle, brinicle could be surface-analysed as brine + ickle.

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