Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-ti-mal
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Using a base of 5; quinary.

noun

The abstract numeral system underlying any pentimal numeral system; quinary.

Uncountable

noun

A numeral as written in such a system; a quinary.

Countable

Etymology

From pent-, by analogy with decimal.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pentimals (plural)

Questions

What does pentimal mean?
Using a base of 5; quinary.
Where does pentimal come from?
From pent-, by analogy with decimal.

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