Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countercultural

/kˌaʊntɚkˈʌltʃɚəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
coun-ter-cul-tur-al
IPA
/kˌaʊntɚkˈʌltʃɚəl/
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a counterculture.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English counterculture English -al English countercultural From counter- + cultural or counterculture + -al.

Inflected Forms

more countercultural (comparative) most countercultural (superlative)

Derived Forms

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce countercultural?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˌaʊntɚkˈʌltʃɚəl/.
What does countercultural mean?
Of or pertaining to a counterculture.
Where does countercultural come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English counterculture English -al English countercultural From counter- + cultural or counterculture + -al.

How to pronounce countercultural

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