Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretournament

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-tour-na-ment
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring before, or in preparation for, a tournament

noun

Alternative form of pre-tournament.

Example Sentences

""I think there's a lot of things I can learn from him," said Kim, who already has modeled his pretournament routine after Woods's."

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 tournament English pretournament From pre- + tournament.

Inflected Forms

pre-tournament (alternative) pretournaments (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

posttournament

Questions

What does pretournament mean?: Occurring before, or in preparation for, a tournament
Where does pretournament 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 tournament English pretournament From pre- + tournament.

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