Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

companimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pan-i-mal
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal pet; a companion animal.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Did we always keep pets and “companimals”? How did the question of animal welfare become a mass movement, and how was it politicized?"

Etymology

From blend of companion + animal.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

companimals (plural)

Questions

What does companimal mean?: An animal pet; a companion animal.
Where does companimal come from?: From blend of companion + animal.

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