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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precontemporary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-con-tem-po-rary
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Earlier than contemporary.

Etymology

From pre- + contemporary.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does precontemporary mean?
Earlier than contemporary.
Where does precontemporary come from?
From pre- + contemporary.

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