Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reverberatory

/ɹɪˈvɚb(ə)ɹətɔɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: re-ver-ber-a-to-ry
IPA: /ɹɪˈvɚb(ə)ɹətɔɹi/

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection.

noun

A reverberatory furnace.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin reverberatorius; by surface analysis, reverberate + -ory.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈvɚb(ə)ɹətɔɹi/
British English: /ɹɪˈvɜːb(ə)ɹət(ə)ɹi/

Inflected Forms

more reverberatory (comparative) most reverberatory (superlative) reverbatory (alternative) reverberatories (plural)

Phrases

reverberatory furnace

Questions

How do you pronounce reverberatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈvɚb(ə)ɹətɔɹi/.
What does reverberatory mean?: Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection.
Where does reverberatory come from?: Borrowed from New Latin reverberatorius; by surface analysis, reverberate + -ory.

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