Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

univocalic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: uni-vo-cal-ic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That uses instances of only one vowel.

noun

A piece of writing that uses only one of the vowels.

Example Sentences

"Georges Perec's 1972 novella Les revenentes complemented his earlier lipogrammatic work by being a univocalic piece in which the letter e is the only vowel used."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English univocalic From uni- + vocalic.

Inflected Forms

univocalics (plural)

Questions

What does univocalic mean?: That uses instances of only one vowel.
Where does univocalic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English univocalic From uni- + vocalic.

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