Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macrolinguistics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
macrolin-guis-tics
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of language (rather than individual languages).

Uncountable

Etymology

From macro- + linguistics.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

macrolinguist macrolinguistic macrolinguistical macrolinguistically

Antonyms

microlinguistics

Questions

What does macrolinguistics mean?
The study of language (rather than individual languages).
Where does macrolinguistics come from?
From macro- + linguistics.

How to pronounce macrolinguistics

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