Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pronic

/ˈpɹɒnɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pron-ic
IPA
/ˈpɹɒnɪk/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being the product of two consecutive integers.

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Etymology

Apparently from New Latin pronicus, a misspelling of Latin promicus, from Ancient Greek προμήκης (promḗkēs, “elongated, oblong”), but the spelling has been pronic from its earliest known occurrence in English (Leonhard Euler, Opera Omnia, series 1, volume 15).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pronicus, promicus, προμήκης

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Questions

How do you pronounce pronic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɒnɪk/.
What does pronic mean?
Being the product of two consecutive integers.
Where does pronic come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce pronic

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