Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enumerative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: enu-mer-a-tive
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration

Example Sentences

"After all, “physical object” hardly provides the clearly demarcated enumerative conditions that the sortal dependency thesis seems to require."

Etymology

Etymology tree English enumerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English enumerative From enumerate + -ive.

Derived Forms

enumeratively nonenumerative

Phrases

enumerative definition

Questions

What does enumerative mean?: Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
Where does enumerative come from?: Etymology tree English enumerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English enumerative From enumerate + -ive.

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