Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

figure-of-eight

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables
fig-ure-of-eight
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

in the shape of an 8 (eight)

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does figure-of-eight mean?
in the shape of an 8 (eight)

How to pronounce figure-of-eight

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