Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

premilitary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-mil-i-tary
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before military service.

Example Sentences

"The allegations arose from the accounts of soldiers at a conference of graduates of a premilitary course at an academic college in northern Israel."

Etymology

From pre- + military.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does premilitary mean?: Before military service.
Where does premilitary come from?: From pre- + military.

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