Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longword

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: long-word
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (with the specific number of bits depending upon the system architecture).

Etymology

From long + word.

Inflected Forms

longwords (plural)

Questions

What does longword mean?: A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (with the specific number of bits depending upon the system architecture).
Where does longword come from?: From long + word.

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