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temporaneous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tem-po-ra-ne-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

temporary

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin temporāneus (“timely”), derived from Latin tempor- (“time”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: temporāneus, tempus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more temporaneous (comparative) most temporaneous (superlative)

Derived Forms

equitemporaneous temporaneously temporaneousness

Frequently Paired Words

contemporaneous

Questions

What does temporaneous mean?
temporary
Where does temporaneous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce temporaneous

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