Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tautonymic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tau-tonymic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).

Example Sentences

"Even higher tautonymic multiples exist. Kukukuku can be found in the unabridged Merriam-Webster, Fofo Fofo is a town in eastern Papua, and angang-angang is a Javanese gong described in Sibyl Marcuse's Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary (1964)."

Etymology

From tautonym + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tautonym

Questions

What does tautonymic mean?: Relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).
Where does tautonymic come from?: From tautonym + -ic.

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