Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subfolder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: sub-fold-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A folder within another folder.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English folder English subfolder From sub- + folder.

Inflected Forms

subfolders (plural)

Synonyms

subdirectory

Questions

What does subfolder mean?: A folder within another folder.
Where does subfolder come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English folder English subfolder From sub- + folder.

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