Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

computerette

/kəmpjutɚˈɹɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-put-er-ette
IPA: /kəmpjutɚˈɹɛt/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small computer.

Example Sentences

"One tiny cassette holds 8000 2000-mile routes, any of which can be exposed at will. It is not hard to imagine the ACD — and its associated computerette — becoming a splended "optional extra" in the vacationer's family car."
"Highly robotic for her time, Baby Luna came with her moon landing module, crashball, computerette, star maps, space suit, dragon robe and other clothes."
"My bijou computerette had no truck with floppy disks, so an Internet café would not suffice."
"What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]"

Etymology

From computer + -ette.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: computer

Inflected Forms

computerettes (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce computerette?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmpjutɚˈɹɛt/.
What does computerette mean?: A small computer.
Where does computerette come from?: From computer + -ette.

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