Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captainship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tain-ship
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Etymology

From Middle English capitainship; equivalent to captain + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chieftainship.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: capitainship
Suffix: captain

Inflected Forms

captainships (plural)

Synonyms

captaincy

Questions

What does captainship mean?: captaincy
Where does captainship come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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