Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chalklike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chalk-like
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or having characteristics of chalk.

Etymology

Etymology tree English chalk Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chalklike From chalk + -like.

Inflected Forms

more chalklike (comparative) most chalklike (superlative)

Questions

What does chalklike mean?: Resembling or having characteristics of chalk.
Where does chalklike come from?: Etymology tree English chalk Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chalklike From chalk + -like.

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