Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counternarcotics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ternar-cotics
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The enforcement of laws against the use or distribution of narcotics

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I was in counternarcotics for many years."
"He worked on the counternarcotics squad."

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- English narcotic English -s English narcotics English counternarcotics From counter- + narcotics.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

counter-narcotics (alternative)

Synonyms

antidrug antinarcotics

Questions

What does counternarcotics mean?: The enforcement of laws against the use or distribution of narcotics
Where does counternarcotics 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- English narcotic English -s English narcotics English counternarcotics From counter- + narcotics.

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