Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proliferates

/pɹoʊlˈɪfɚˌeɪts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
pro-lif-er-ates
IPA
/pɹoʊlˈɪfɚˌeɪts/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

How do you pronounce proliferates?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹoʊlˈɪfɚˌeɪts/.
What does proliferates mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of proliferate

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