Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metronomic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: metro-nom-ic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome.

Example Sentences

"Accross^([sic]) the shingle, the metronomic fall of waves overlapped with the call of doves."

Etymology

Etymology tree English metronome Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metronomic From metronome + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more metronomic (comparative) most metronomic (superlative)

Derived Forms

metronomically metronomicity

Questions

What does metronomic mean?: Regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome.
Where does metronomic come from?: Etymology tree English metronome Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metronomic From metronome + -ic.

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