Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intronic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: in-tron-ic
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to introns.

Etymology

Etymology tree English intron Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English intronic From intron + -ic.

Derived Forms

intronically nonintronic

Questions

What does intronic mean?: Of or pertaining to introns.
Where does intronic come from?: Etymology tree English intron Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English intronic From intron + -ic.

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