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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portention

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
por-ten-tion
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

portent; omen

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portentiō.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

portentions (plural)

Questions

What does portention mean?
portent; omen
Where does portention come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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