Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precognitive

/pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cog-ni-tive
IPA: /pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the ability to see or predict future events.

noun

A precognitive person, a seer.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cognitive English precognitive From pre- + cognitive.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/

Inflected Forms

more precognitive (comparative) most precognitive (superlative) precognitives (plural)

Derived Forms

precognitively

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

clairvoyant augural oracular precognitive prognostic prophetic second-sighted

Questions

How do you pronounce precognitive?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/.
What does precognitive mean?: Pertaining to the ability to see or predict future events.
Where does precognitive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cognitive English precognitive From pre- + cognitive.

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