Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minicourse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mini-course
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brief educational course.

noun

A short course or route, for example in the game of golf.

Example Sentences

"A day trip to Chesterton can be a self-guided minicourse in midwestern architecture, thanks to a survey of Porter County sites and structures published by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana."
"[…] financial incentives would help lure dozens of New York University professors — and not just those interested in the Middle East — to the Abu Dhabi campus even if only for a semester or a January minicourse."

Etymology

From mini- + course.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mini

Inflected Forms

minicourses (plural)

Questions

What does minicourse mean?: A brief educational course.
Where does minicourse come from?: From mini- + course.

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