Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

communique

/kəmjˈunəkˌeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: com-mu-nique
IPA: /kəmjˈunəkˌeɪ/

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of communiqué.

Example Sentences

"A Defense Ministry communique said 40 Communist craft were sighted Tuesday off Peikantang, a tiny island in the Matsu group, but fled when the island's guns opened fire. The Matsus are off the Red port of Foochow, opposite the northern tip of Formosa."

Inflected Forms

communiques (plural)

Synonyms

dispatch despatch

Questions

How do you pronounce communique?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmjˈunəkˌeɪ/.
What does communique mean?: Alternative form of communiqué.

How to pronounce communique

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