Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subjacent

/sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ja-cent
IPA: /sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.

Example Sentences

"In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]"
"Since the times of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, however, there had always been a subjacent stream of travel literature which had queried the civilizing function of Western penetration of such societies."
"[in relation to the second floor flat in a tenement building] the subjacent first floor and ground floor flats were ... owned by the first defenders."

Etymology

From Latin subiaceō (“lie beneath”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: subiaceō

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt/

Inflected Forms

more subjacent (comparative) most subjacent (superlative)

Derived Forms

subjacency subjacently

Frequently Paired Words

superjacent

Questions

How do you pronounce subjacent?: The recorded pronunciation is /sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt/.
What does subjacent mean?: Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
Where does subjacent come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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