Speakur

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deflationary

/dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
de-fla-tion-ary
IPA
/dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Associated with or tending to cause deflation.

adj

Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.

Etymology

Etymology tree English deflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English deflation Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English deflationary From deflation + -ary.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/
  • British English: /dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/

Derived Forms

antideflationary deflationarily nondeflationary

Antonyms

inflationary

Rhymes With

stationary stationery inflationary disinflationary noninflationary

Questions

How do you pronounce deflationary?
The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/.
What does deflationary mean?
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
Where does deflationary come from?
Etymology tree English deflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English deflation Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English deflationary From deflation + -ary.

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