Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underfamily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-fam-i-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subfamily.

Etymology

From under- + family.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does underfamily mean?
A subfamily.
Where does underfamily come from?
From under- + family.

How to pronounce underfamily

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