Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pitcairnese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Pit-cairn-ese
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the Pitcairn Islands.

name

A creole spoken in the Pitcairn Islands, formed from an eighteenth-century dialect of English and the Tahitian language.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Pitcairn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Pitcairnese From Pitcairn + -ese.

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Questions

What does pitcairnese mean?
Of or relating to the Pitcairn Islands.
Where does pitcairnese come from?
Etymology tree English Pitcairn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Pitcairnese From Pitcairn + -ese.

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