Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legionnaires'

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
le-gion-naires'
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ellipsis of Legionnaires' disease.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does legionnaires' mean?
Ellipsis of Legionnaires' disease.

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