Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transportive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trans-portive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to transport to another place.

Example Sentences

"For all the hype and initial success of devices like the Kindle, they threaten to strip traditional books of much of their transportive appeal."

Etymology

From transport + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: transport

Inflected Forms

more transportive (comparative) most transportive (superlative)

Questions

What does transportive mean?: Serving to transport to another place.
Where does transportive come from?: From transport + -ive.

How to pronounce transportive

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