Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unburnable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
un-burn-able
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That is difficult or impossible to burn

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English burnable English unburnable From un- + burnable.

Inflected Forms

more unburnable (comparative) most unburnable (superlative)

Questions

What does unburnable mean?
That is difficult or impossible to burn
Where does unburnable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English burnable English unburnable From un- + burnable.

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