Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preteenager

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-teenag-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person of less than 13 years of age.

Example Sentences

"In the first season of the British reality TV show “Rock Star” (which was broadcast in America on VH1), Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to turn a bunch of boarding-school preteenagers into a rock band."

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 teenager English preteenager From pre- + teenager.

Inflected Forms

preteenagers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

prepubescent

Synonyms

preteen

Questions

What does preteenager mean?: A person of less than 13 years of age.
Where does preteenager 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 teenager English preteenager From pre- + teenager.

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