Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretape

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-tape
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tape in advance.

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- Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape English pretape From pre- + tape.

Inflected Forms

pretapes (present, singular) pretaping (participle, present) pretaped (participle, past) pretaped (past)

Synonyms

prerecord

Questions

What does pretape mean?: To tape in advance.
Where does pretape 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- Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape English pretape From pre- + tape.

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