Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

groupware

/ɡɹˈupwˌɛɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
group-ware
IPA
/ɡɹˈupwˌɛɹ/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

software designed to be used collaboratively by multiple users on a network

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English groupware From group + -ware.

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Questions

How do you pronounce groupware?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈupwˌɛɹ/.
What does groupware mean?
software designed to be used collaboratively by multiple users on a network
Where does groupware come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English groupware From group + -ware.

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