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semantophore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
se-man-tophore
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The portion of something that carries information or meaning, such a DNA molecule or the semantic component of a Chinese character.

Etymology

From semanto- + -phore.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

semantophores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

semantophoretic

Questions

What does semantophore mean?
The portion of something that carries information or meaning, such a DNA molecule or the semantic component of a Chinese character.
Where does semantophore come from?
From semanto- + -phore.

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