Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predeterminer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-de-ter-min-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The function of a phrase that precedes a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun.

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 determiner English predeterminer From pre- + determiner.

Inflected Forms

predeterminers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

determiner postdeterminer

Questions

What does predeterminer mean?: The function of a phrase that precedes a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun.
Where does predeterminer 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 determiner English predeterminer From pre- + determiner.

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