Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extratemporal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tratem-po-ral
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That appears to happen outside of time.

adj

Of or pertaining to the side of the head behind the eyes; external to the temporal bone of the skull.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English temporal English extratemporal From extra- + temporal.

Synonyms

atemporal

Rhymes With

temporal spatiotemporal frontotemporal intertemporal supratemporal atemporal infratemporal bitemporal cotemporal pretemporal nontemporal occipitotemporal

Questions

What does extratemporal mean?: That appears to happen outside of time.
Where does extratemporal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English temporal English extratemporal From extra- + temporal.

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