Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irreducibly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
ir-re-duc-ibly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an irreducible manner or state.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English ir- English reduce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reducible English irreducible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English irreducibly From irreducible + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more irreducibly (comparative) most irreducibly (superlative)

Phrases

Questions

What does irreducibly mean?
In an irreducible manner or state.
Where does irreducibly come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English ir- English reduce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reducible English irreducible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English irreducibly From irreducible + -ly.

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