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prismatic

/pɹɪzˈmætɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
pris-mat-ic
IPA
/pɹɪzˈmætɪk/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

adj

Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσματος (prísmatos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French prismatiquebor. English prismatic Borrowed from French prismatique. Equivalent to prism + -atic.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɹɪzˈmætɪk/

Inflected Forms

more prismatic (comparative) most prismatic (superlative) prismatick (alternative)

Derived Forms

antiprismatic aprismatic diprismatic gigantoprismatic interprismatic intraprismatic microprismatic nacroprismatic nanoprismatic nonprismatic pentaprismatic prismatical

Phrases

prismatic coefficient prismatic colors prismatic colours prismatic compass prismatic powder

Synonyms

motley multicolored polychromatic

Rhymes With

democratic dramatic automatic diplomatic static problematic systematic traumatic post-traumatic attic cinematic pragmatic

Questions

How do you pronounce prismatic?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪzˈmætɪk/.
What does prismatic mean?
Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
Where does prismatic come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσματος (prísmatos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French prismatiquebor. English prismatic Borrowed from French prismatique. Equivalent to prism + -atic.

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