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cata

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
cata
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down , downward , under , against , contrary or opposed to , wholly , completely ; as in cata clysm, cata rrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in cato ptric; and is sometimes changed to cath , as in cath artic, cath olic.

Questions

What does cata mean?
The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down , downward , under , against , contrary or opposed to , wholly , completely ; as in cata clysm, cata rrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in cato ptric; and is sometimes changed to cath , as in cath artic, cath olic.

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