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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pertinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-ti-nate
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

pertinacious

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pertinate (comparative) most pertinate (superlative)

Derived Forms

pertinately

Questions

What does pertinate mean?
pertinacious

How to pronounce pertinate

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