Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nihilation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ni-hi-la-tion
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of nihilating.

Etymology

From Latin nihilō (“to reduce to nothing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nihilations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nihilate

Questions

What does nihilation mean?
The act of nihilating.
Where does nihilation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce nihilation

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