Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretertiary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
preter-tiary
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Earlier than Tertiary.

adj

Before tertiary education.

Etymology

From pre- + tertiary.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does pretertiary mean?
Earlier than Tertiary.
Where does pretertiary come from?
From pre- + tertiary.

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