Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contractionary

/kəntɹˈækʃənɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: con-trac-tionary
IPA: /kəntɹˈækʃənɛɹi/

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to cause contraction.

Etymology

Etymology tree English contraction Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English contractionary From contraction + -ary.

Inflected Forms

more contractionary (comparative) most contractionary (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

contractile contractive astringent compressive

Antonyms

expansionary

Questions

How do you pronounce contractionary?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəntɹˈækʃənɛɹi/.
What does contractionary mean?: Tending to cause contraction.
Where does contractionary come from?: Etymology tree English contraction Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English contractionary From contraction + -ary.

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