Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcontemporaneous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sub-con-tem-po-ra-ne-ous
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sub- + contemporaneous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more subcontemporaneous (comparative) most subcontemporaneous (superlative)

Questions

What does subcontemporaneous mean?
beneath (and therefore older than) a contemporaneous layer or site
Where does subcontemporaneous come from?
From sub- + contemporaneous.

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