Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caricaturist

/ˈkæɹɪkəˌt͡ʃʊəɹɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
car-i-ca-tur-ist
IPA
/ˈkæɹɪkəˌt͡ʃʊəɹɪst/
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who draws caricatures.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Italian caricare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian caricatùrabor. French caricaturebor. English caricature Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English caricaturist From caricature + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

How do you pronounce caricaturist?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæɹɪkəˌt͡ʃʊəɹɪst/.
What does caricaturist mean?
A person who draws caricatures.
Where does caricaturist come from?
Etymology tree Italian caricare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian caricatùrabor. French caricaturebor. English caricature Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English caricaturist From caricature + -ist.

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