Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dcl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
dcl
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of Doctor of Civil Law.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Doctor of Canon Law and alternative form of JCD (“Juris Canonici Doctor”).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of double-checked locking.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of data control language.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does dcl mean?
Initialism of Doctor of Civil Law.

How to pronounce dcl

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