Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

engineeress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-gi-neer-ess
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female engineer.

Dated

Example Sentences

"But at least they learned to dance and smile and talk and choose engineeresses appropriate to their engineering futures."

Etymology

From engineer + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: engineer

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

engineeresses (plural)

Questions

What does engineeress mean?: A female engineer.
Where does engineeress come from?: From engineer + -ess.

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