Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recuperator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
re-cu-per-a-tor
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who recuperates, or regains their health.

Etymology

Either borrowed from Latin recuperator (“a recoverer”) or coined directly in English as recuperate + -or.

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Questions

What does recuperator mean?
A person who recuperates, or regains their health.
Where does recuperator come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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