Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troponymous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tro-pony-mous
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of troponymic.

Example Sentences

"Example (16-a) is a synset pair in WordNet standing in hypernymy-troponymy relation. This thesis hereafter uses the arrow to indicate troponymous relation of which the word to the left of the arrow is the hypernym and the word to the right is the troponym. Hence, under a certain sense in WordNet, 'anesthetize' is the hypernym of 'cocainize' or 'to cocainize' is a way to 'anesthetize'. After mapping through ECTED [English-Chinese Translation Equivalents Database], the program returned Chinese verb pairs as (16-b) shows."

Etymology

From troponym + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: troponym

Frequently Paired Words

toponymous

Synonyms

troponymic

Questions

What does troponymous mean?: Synonym of troponymic.
Where does troponymous come from?: From troponym + -ous.

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