Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretelevision

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pretele-vi-sion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the introduction of television.

Example Sentences

"Almost all of the memorable pretelevision radio programming was provided by one of the major radio networks."
"Few of these owners had been around in the pretelevision days."

Etymology

From pre- + television.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Synonyms

pretelevisual

Questions

What does pretelevision mean?: Before the introduction of television.
Where does pretelevision come from?: From pre- + television.

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