Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cirro-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: cir-ro-
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Resembling a fringe

prefix

related to clouds of high étage

Etymology

From cirrus (“cloud-type”) and Latin cirrus (“fringe”). By surface analysis, cirr- + -o-.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cirrus

Inflected Forms

cirri- (alternative) cirr- (alternative)

Questions

What does cirro- mean?: Resembling a fringe
Where does cirro- come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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