Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preform

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: pre-form
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.

noun

The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.

noun

A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

verb

To shape something before some other operation.

verb

Misspelling of perform.

Example Sentences

"Trask notes that Bq. gorosti could have had *goloztri as a pre-form, in which case the presence of -r- in the Sardinian forms might be original."

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 form English preform From pre- + form.

Inflected Forms

preforms (plural) pre-form (alternative) preforms (present, singular) preforming (participle, present) preformed (participle, past) preformed (past)

Questions

What does preform mean?: An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
Where does preform 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 form English preform From pre- + form.

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