Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oviculture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ovi-cul-ture
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The rearing and care of sheep.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From Latin ovis (“sheep”) + cultura (“cultivation”); stem ovis from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. By surface analysis, ovi- + culture.

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Questions

What does oviculture mean?
The rearing and care of sheep.
Where does oviculture come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

How to pronounce oviculture

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