Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nroff

/ˈɛnɹɒf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nroff
IPA: /ˈɛnɹɒf/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The user either selects a new filename, edits the default file, nroffs it to the screen, or to a printer, or logs out."
"You could contrive macro sets that nroffed a document onto a printer […]"

Etymology

Name of the program, short for new roff; an earlier similar program was called roff, a shortening of runoff.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɛnɹɒf/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

nroffs (present, singular) nroffing (participle, present) nroffed (participle, past) nroffed (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce nroff?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛnɹɒf/.
What does nroff mean?: To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
Where does nroff come from?: Name of the program, short for new roff; an earlier similar program was called roff, a shortening of runoff.

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