Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterthreat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-terthreat
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A threat made in response to an earlier threat by another party

Example Sentences

"The agreement was reached after months of negotiations -- and a final week of threats and counterthreats."

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 threat English counterthreat From counter- + threat.

Inflected Forms

counterthreats (plural)

Questions

What does counterthreat mean?: A threat made in response to an earlier threat by another party
Where does counterthreat 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 threat English counterthreat From counter- + threat.

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