Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extravehicular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: ex-trave-hic-u-lar
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English vehicular English extravehicular From extra- + vehicular.

Inflected Forms

extra-vehicular (alternative)

Derived Forms

EVA

Phrases

EVA suit extravehicular activity extravehicular activity suit

Frequently Paired Words

intravehicular

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular reticular

Questions

What does extravehicular mean?: Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space
Where does extravehicular come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English vehicular English extravehicular From extra- + vehicular.

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