Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cushitic

/kʊˈʃɪtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
cushitic
IPA
/kʊˈʃɪtɪk/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the Cushites.

noun

A Cushite.

name

A subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages.

Etymology

From Cushite + -ic; 19th century.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /kʊˈʃɪtɪk/

Inflected Forms

Kushitic (alternative) Cushitics (plural)

Phrases

anti-Cushitic Proto-Cushitic

Rhymes With

critic semitic analytic parasitic catalytic psychoanalytic dendritic electrolytic paralytic arthritic hemolytic granitic

Questions

How do you pronounce cushitic?
The recorded pronunciation is /kʊˈʃɪtɪk/.
What does cushitic mean?
Pertaining to the Cushites.
Where does cushitic come from?
From Cushite + -ic; 19th century.

How to pronounce cushitic

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