Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-timer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: half--timer
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who works only half the usual time.

noun

A pupil in an elementary school allowed to be absent half the school-day at some employment.

Etymology

From half-time + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: half-time

Inflected Forms

half-timers (plural)

Questions

What does half-timer mean?: One who works only half the usual time.
Where does half-timer come from?: From half-time + -er.

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