Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quadriliteral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quadrilit-er-al
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Consisting of four letters.

noun

A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of four letters.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English quadriliteral From quadri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.

Inflected Forms

quadriliterals (plural)

Derived Forms

quadriliteralism

Frequently Paired Words

biliteral biliteralism literal monoliteral multiliteral pluriliteral postliteral quinqueliteral

Questions

What does quadriliteral mean?: Consisting of four letters.
Where does quadriliteral come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English quadriliteral From quadri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.

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