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pretreat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
pre-treat
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give something a treatment prior to another operation.

Transitive verb

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 treat English pretreat From pre- + treat.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pretreats (present, singular) pretreating (participle, present) pretreated (participle, past) pretreated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

pretreated pretreatment

Questions

What does pretreat mean?
To give something a treatment prior to another operation.
Where does pretreat 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 treat English pretreat From pre- + treat.

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