Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonsentence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-sen-tence
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An utterance that is not a sentence.

Example Sentences

"Those strings in the language are called sentences; the strings not in the language are called nonsentences."

Etymology

From non- + sentence.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

nonsentences (plural)

Questions

What does nonsentence mean?: An utterance that is not a sentence.
Where does nonsentence come from?: From non- + sentence.

How to pronounce nonsentence

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