Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

president pro tempore

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: pres-i-den-t pro tem-pore
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An officer in a legislature who looks over it if the usual presiding officer is absent.

Etymology

From Latin prō tempore (“for a time”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: prō tempore

Inflected Forms

presidents pro tempore (plural)

Synonyms

president pro tem speaker pro tempore

Questions

What does president pro tempore mean?: An officer in a legislature who looks over it if the usual presiding officer is absent.
Where does president pro tempore come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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