Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ropelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ro-pe-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling rope.

Etymology

Etymology tree English rope Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ropelike From rope + -like.

Inflected Forms

more ropelike (comparative) most ropelike (superlative)

Questions

What does ropelike mean?: Resembling rope.
Where does ropelike come from?: Etymology tree English rope Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ropelike From rope + -like.

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