Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rhet-ic
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a rheme.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Via Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “rheme”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *werh₁-, ῥῆμα

Questions

What does rhetic mean?
Of or pertaining to a rheme.
Where does rhetic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce rhetic

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