Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumlittoral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cir-cum-lit-toral
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Around, or bordering the shore.

adj

Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.

Etymology

From circum- + littoral.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more circumlittoral (comparative) most circumlittoral (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

circalittoral

Questions

What does circumlittoral mean?
Around, or bordering the shore.
Where does circumlittoral come from?
From circum- + littoral.

How to pronounce circumlittoral

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