Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oenological

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oeno-log-i-cal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to oenology, the study of wine.

Example Sentences

"The gentleman in the toga is our director of oenological research."

Etymology

Etymology tree English oenology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English oenological From oenology + -ical.

Inflected Forms

more oenological (comparative) most oenological (superlative) enological (alternative, US) œnological (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

oenologically

Questions

What does oenological mean?: Of or pertaining to oenology, the study of wine.
Where does oenological come from?: Etymology tree English oenology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English oenological From oenology + -ical.

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