Speakur

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contingence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tin-gence
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Contact; touching.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Contingency.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contingentia (whence con- + and -ence), from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“to make contact with, to be touching”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

contingences (plural)

Phrases

angle of contingence line of contingence

Synonyms

eventuality contingency

Questions

What does contingence mean?
Contact; touching.
Where does contingence come from?
Borrowed from Latin contingentia (whence con- + and -ence), from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“to make contact with, to be touching”).

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