Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megaquake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: megaquake
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A megathrust earthquake.

noun

A very powerful earthquake, generally rated above 7 on the Richter scale.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English quake English megaquake From mega- + quake.

Inflected Forms

megaquakes (plural)

Questions

What does megaquake mean?: A megathrust earthquake.
Where does megaquake come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English quake English megaquake From mega- + quake.

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